Author Salman Rushdie's attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison
Hadi Matar received a 25-year prison sentence for the 2022 on-stage stabbing of Salman Rushdie at a lecture in New York. The attack, which left Rushdie blind in one eye and severely injured, stemmed from the decades-old fatwa. Matar, who criticized Rushdie before sentencing, faces a federal trial on terrorism charges related to the incident.
Hadi Matar received a 25-year prison sentence for the 2022 on-stage stabbing of Salman Rushdie at a lecture in New York. The attack, which left Rushdie blind in one eye and severely injured, stemmed from the decades-old fatwa. Matar, who criticized Rushdie before sentencing, faces a federal trial on terrorism charges related to the incident.
