Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York

MAYVILLE (US), May 16: The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said he will request the maximum 25 years in prison for the Aug 12, 2022, attack on Rushdie and seven years for injuring a second [] The post Man who stabbed author Salman R

16 May 2025 11:40 am