Salman Rushdie Attacker Faces Sentencing

Source: International Business Times

Hadi Matar (L), the man convicted of attempting to murder author Salman Rushdie (R), faces up to 25 years in prison AFP An American-Lebanese man will be sentenced on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural center. Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder and assault charges in February this year. During the trial, Rushdie told jurors about Matar "stabbing and slashing" him during an event at the upscale cultural center.