Hadi Matar, the 27-year-old, who stabbed author Salman Rushdie several times in 2022 was convicted of second-degree attempted murder.

Hadi Matar was convicted by a jury of stabbing Salman Rushdie in an attack that blinded him.

A man has been found guilty of attempting to murder novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022.

An American-Lebanese man was found guilty by a jury Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the "Satanic Verses" author, a court official said.

Hadi Matar was found guilty of attempting to murder Salman Rushdie in a 2022 onstage stabbing. Rushdie suffered severe injuries, including blindness in one eye. Matar also faces federal terrorism charges in a separate trial.

The man, Hadi Matar, faces up to 32 years in prison. Prosecutors said he rushed onstage at an arts conference and stabbed the famed author about 15 times.

Jury also finds him guilty of assault of another man who was injured in the attack

Hadi Matar could receive up to 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie at a New York event in 2022.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. “No, I do not,” Hadi Matar, 27, said when asked by Chautauqua County Judge David Foley whether he wished to take the stand.Earlier Thursday, prosecutors called a forensics expert as their final witness, wrapping up seven days of witness testimony, most notably from Rushdie himself.The lawyers are scheduled to deliver closing arguments Friday, followed by jury deliberations. Matar is on trial in Chautauqua County Court in western New York on charges of attempted murder and assault for the attack at the nearby Chautauqua Institution that left Rushdie, 77, blind in one eye and with other serious injuries. City of Asylum founder Henry Reese, who was appearing with Rushdie, suffered a gash above his eye.Throughout the trial, Matar, who is from Fairview, New Jersey, was often seen taking notes and speaking with his…

Lawyers are set to deliver their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a western New York lecture stage.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. “No, I do not,” Hadi Matar, 27, said when asked by Chautauqua County Judge David Foley whether he wished to […]

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Lawyers began delivering their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in a knife attack that left the author blind in one eye and with other serious injuries. World News | Closing Arguments Begin in Trial of Man Charged with Stabbing Salman Rushdie.

New Jersey man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, faces up to 25 years in prison.