Rushdie assailant convicted of terrorism charges

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Salman Rushdie's assailant, Hadi Matar, has been convicted on terrorism charges for the August 2022 stabbing attack in New York. The prosecution cited Matar's alignment with Iranian leadership's terroristic values during the premeditated attack.

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted novelist Salman Rushdie's assailant of "engaging in an act of terrorism" for the bloody August 2022 attack at a New York cultural center. Hadi Matar, a 28-year-old Lebanese American, "chose to align his values with the terroristic values of the leaders of Iran," said US Attorney Michael DiGiacomo, adding the defendant spent months planning the stabbing that nearly killed Rushdie and left him blind in one eye.