SALMAN RUSHDIE STABBED IN NECK, Aug 2022 *arrest*

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From Jan. 3, 2024

Trial postponed for man charged in 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie due to forthcoming memoir

The New Jersey man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie’s upcoming memoir about the 2022 attack before standing trial.

apnews.com

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The New Jersey man charged with stabbing “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie’s upcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Jury selection in Hadi Matar’s attempted murder and assault trial was originally scheduled to start Jan. 8.

Instead, the trial is on hold, since Matar’s lawyer argued Tuesday that the defendant is entitled by law to see the manuscript, due out in April 2024, and related material before standing trial. Written or recorded statements about the attack made by any witness are considered potential evidence, attorneys said.

“It will not change the ultimate outcome,” Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said of the postponement. A new date has not yet been set.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/us/salman-rushdie-stabbing-suspect-terrorism-charges/index.html

"The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie was charged with three federal terrorism-related counts, according to a grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday.

Hadi Matar is charged with committing an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries, attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and providing material support to terrorists."

 

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Assistant public defender Andrew Brautigan told the jury that prosecutors have not proved that Matar intended to kill Rushdie.

“You will agree something bad happened to Mr. Rushdie, but you don’t know what Mr. Matar’s conscious objective was,” Brautigan said. “The testimony you have heard doesn’t establish anything more than a chaotic noisy outburst that occurred that injured Mr. Rushdie.”

Man accused of trying to kill author Salman Rushdie found guilty of attempted murder

The jury also found Hadi Matar guilty of assault for wounding a man who was on stage with Rushdie at the time

www.theglobeandmail.com

The Booker Prize-winning author told jurors he thought he was dying when a masked stranger ran onto the stage and stabbed and slashed at him until being tackled by bystanders. Sir Salman showed jurors his now-blinded right eye, usually hidden behind a darkened lens.

Trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie hears closing arguments

Hadi Matar faces up to 25 years in jail if convicted of attempted murder and assault over the attack on the Satanic Verses author.

www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk

 

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The jury's guilty verdict came after a two-week trial in Chautauqua County Court in western New York state, near where Matar stabbed Rushdie in August 2022 as he was delivering a lecture.

The jury also found Matar guilty of assault for wounding the interviewer, Henry Reese, who was on stage with the author. Mr Reese suffered a minor head injury during the attack.

Matar's sentencing date has been scheduled for 23 April.

Salman Rushdie stabbing: Man found guilty of attempted murder and assault

Hadi Matar attacked the renowned British-Indian writer on stage at a New York lecture.

www.bbc.com

 

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Sentencing of attacker who stabbed Salman Rushdie adjourned

Hadi Matar, found guilty of attempted murder in 2022 attack that partially blinded author, to be sentenced 16 May

www.theguardian.com

Sentencing on May 16.

 

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Matar still faces federal terrorism charges in connection with the attack. He was indicted by a grand jury on three counts, including attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and providing material support to terrorists. The indictment alleges he “knowingly did attempt to provide material support and resources” to Hezbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization, and “had engaged, and was engaging, in terrorism.”

Matar was also charged with an act of terrorism transcending national boundaries for the attack against Rushdie. The indictment alleges that he “did knowingly attempt to kill, and did knowingly maim, commit an assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and assault with a dangerous weapon.”

He has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges.

Salman Rushdie stabber to face sentencing for attempted murder - Delta Daily News

(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie, while on stage at a speaking event, is set to be sentenced on Friday. Hadi Matar likely faces a maximum of 25 years in prison, prosecutors said. […]

www.deltadailynews.com

 

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Salman Rushdie stabber sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder

In February, a jury found Hadi Matar guilty of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie while the author was on stage at a speaking event.

abcnews.go.com

Let’s hope the federal charges keep him in for the rest of his life.

25 yrs for stabbing Salman Rushdie.