The Hindu·2 min read·easy
Man convicted in terrorism trial over 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
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Hadi Matar has been convicted of federal terrorism charges for the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie. Matar, who is already serving a state prison sentence for attempted murder, now faces a potential life sentence for the federal offense.
A man was convicted Wednesday (July 29, 2026) of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses”.
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