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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier and Josh Marcus

Salman Rushdie trial: Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author

A New York jury has convicted Hadi Matar of trying to kill Salman Rushdie, a Booker Prize-winning novelist who was seriously wounded and blinded in one eye in a harrowing knife attack two-and-a-half years ago.

Matar, 27, learned his fate Friday, nearly two weeks after the trial began on February 10.

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