A man has been convicted on terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie. A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.
Attack on Author
Rushdie, an Indian-British novelist, was attacked following a decades-old death threat over his novel The Satanic Verses. He was about to speak on writers' safety when he was slashed 15 times in front of a stunned audience at an amphitheatre.
Injuries and Sentence
Rushdie was seriously wounded and lost the sight in his right eye. Matar, 28, is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction. The federal conviction carries a potential life sentence.
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