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Salman Rushdie’s Attacker Found Guilty of Aiding a Foreign Terror Group

Wednesday, July 29, 2026


Hadi Matar was found guilty of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization in connection with the August 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie at a literary event in Chautauqua, New York. Matar stabbed Rushdie multiple times during the attack. He faces a potential life sentence.

Original reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/nyregion/hadi-matar-salman-rushdie-terror.html

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