Man found guilty of attempted murder in Salman Rushdie stabbing trial
Jury convicts Hadi Matar, 27, charged with trying to kill author at literary gathering in New York state in 2022
A jury on Friday afternoon convicted the man who was charged with stabbing and trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie as he delivered a lecture at a literary gathering in western New York state in 2022.
Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview, New Jersey, was quickly declared guilty of attempted murder in the second degree. He could receive up to 25 years in prison at a sentencing hearing tentatively set for 23 April.
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