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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jennifer Peltz

Author Salman Rushdie’s attacker convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing

A man has been convicted of federal terrorism charges for the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, who has lived under a decades-old death threat stemming from his novel "The Satanic Verses."

A jury on Wednesday found Hadi Matar guilty of all charges, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.

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