An American-Lebanese man was found guilty Friday of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging a knife into the “Satanic Verses” author.

Hadi Matar, who attempted to kill Salman Rushdie was found guilty by a jury on February 21. He stormed a stage and attacked ‘Satanic Verses’ author repeatedly with a knife.

Hadi Matar, the man who attacked Salman Rushdie in 2022, was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder and assault.

Salman Rushdie was the key witness during seven days of testimony, describing in chilling detail his near-fatal injuries and ...

Salman Rushdie was speaking at a literary festival in western New York state when Hadi Matar, then 24, stormed the stage and ...

Hadi Matar, 27, was found guilty of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie around 15 times during a lecture event at the Chautauqua ...

Hadi Matar was convicted of stabbing the author more than a dozen times in 2022 as he was about to give a lecture in western ...

A man was found guilty by a jury of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie when storming a stage and repeatedly plunging ...

Hadi Matar faces up to 32 years in prison for nearly killing the renowned novelist during a stabbing attack in 2022.

Satanic Verses writer told Hadi Matar’s trial in New York how he narrowly avoided death after attacker with ‘ferocious’ eyes ...