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Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie in 2022 convicted of federal terrorism charges
Published 29 July 2026 ยท us
Jury finds Hadi Matar, who is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence, guilty of all charges against him A man was convicted
Jury finds Hadi Matar, who is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence, guilty of all charges against him A man was convicted on Wednesday 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. A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism. Continue reading...
Published: July 30, 2026 โข 3:08 AM IST ยท Updated: July 30, 2026 โข 8:09 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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Jury finds Hadi Matar, who is already serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence, guilty of all charges against him A man was convicted on Wednesday 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.
A jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.