Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York

The antheral convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie connected a New York lecture signifier successful 2022, leaving the prizewinning writer unsighted successful 1 eye, is scheduled to beryllium sentenced connected Friday. A assemblage recovered Hadi Matar, 27, blameworthy of attempted murder and battle successful February. Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said helium volition petition the maximum 25 years successful situation for the Aug 12, 2022, onslaught connected Rushdie and 7 years for injuring a 2nd antheral who was connected signifier with the author. The sentences indispensable tally concurrently due to the fact that some victims were injured successful the aforesaid event, helium said. Rushdie is not expected to instrumentality to tribunal for his assailant's sentencing, the authoritative said. During the trial, the 77-year-old writer was the cardinal witness, describing however helium believed helium was dying erstwhile a masked attacker plunged a weapon into his caput and assemblage much than a twelve times arsenic helium was being introduced astatine the Chautauqua Institution to talk astir writer safety. Rushdie spent 17 days astatine a Pennsylvania infirmary and much than 3 weeks astatine a New York City rehabilitation centre. The writer of "Midnight's Children," "The Moor's Last Sigh" and "Victory City" elaborate his betterment successful his 2024 memoir, "Knife." Matar adjacent faces a national proceedings connected terrorism-related charges. While the archetypal proceedings focused mostly connected the details of the weapon onslaught itself, the adjacent 1 is expected to delve into the much analyzable contented of motive.

Authorities said Matar, a ...