Hadi Matar, center, is pictured with members of his defense team. MAYVILLE – After less than two hours of deliberation, a Chautauqua County jury has found a New Jersey man guilty of both second-degree ...

Hadi Matar now faces up to 25 years in prison, and will be sentenced on April 23, a court official said in a statement confirming the conviction on attempted murder and assault charges.

Hadi Matar was found guilty of attempting to kill novelist Salman Rushdie by repeatedly stabbing him on stage following a fatwa over The Satanic Verses. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison with ...

Matar could receive up to 25 years in prison.His public defender, Nathaniel Barone, said Matar was disappointed but also well-prepared for the verdict.District Attorney Jason Schmidt played a slow ...

Hadi Matar stabbed Salman Rushdie multiple times in the head, neck, torso and left hand, blinding his right eye and damaging his liver and intestines Hadi Matar, an American-Lebanese man who ...

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. By Lola Fadulu Lola Fadulu reported from ...

New York: A jury in western New York has convicted Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old from New Jersey, of attempted murder for the brutal stabbing of author Salman Rushdie. The attack, which took place on ...

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 ...

MAYVILLE, New York - 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 ...