Salman Rushdie was speaking at a literary festival in western New York state when Hadi Matar, then 24, stormed the stage and knifed him in a frenzied attack. Matar was found guilty on Friday.

Salman Rushdie’s attacker was convicted Friday of attempted murder for repeatedly stabbing the famed author in a bloody horror that left him blind in one eye. Hadi Matar, 26, was found guilty by ...

A man charged with the attempted murder of renowned novelist Salman Rushdie in 2022 was found guilty in a New York court on Friday. A Chautauqua County jury found Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview ...

The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture in New York was convicted Friday on attempted murder charges. Jurors, who deliberated for less than two hours, also found Hadi Matar ...

“The conviction of Salman Rushdie’s attacker is an important step toward justice for this unparalleled writer and reaffirms that violence can never be the answer to ideas. ... His courageous ...

Hadi Matar was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault for the attack on Salman Rushdie. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison for the charges. (This story was ...

In Knife, the novelist goes back to Chautauqua, where he was nearly killed in a 2022 attack.