The decision was reached after the eight day trial of Hadi Matar, who is accused of stabbing the author in 2022 more than a dozen times as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

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 faces up to 25 years in prison for nearly killing the renowned novelist during a stabbing attack in 2022.

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 man accused of stabbing and trying to kill renowned British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie in New York has been found guilty of attempted murder and assault. Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old man from New Jersey,

Salman Rushdie's attacker, Hadi Matar, is convicted on attempted murder charges in the 2022 stabbing in New York.