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 New York.

Hadi Matar, the man who stabbed and partially blinded the novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a New York arts institute, was found guilty on Friday of attempted murder.

A New Jersey man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder.

Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022. Matar, 27, can be seen in videos rushing the Chautauqua Institution's stage as Rushdie was being introduced to the audience for a talk about keeping writers safe from harm,

A New Jersey man who repeatedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder.

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.

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Jurors began deliberating Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with stabbing and trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage. The jury got the case after lawyers delivered closing arguments to wrap up seven days of testimony in Chautauqua County Court.

A man who attacked Sir Salman Rushdie has been found guilty of attempted murder. Hadi Matar stabbed Rushdie over a dozen times as the award-winning author was about to deliver a lecture in upstate New York,

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