The Man Who Stabbed Author Salman Rushdie on Stage Has Been Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

MAYVILLE, N.Y.—The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison. A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. Rushdie did not return to court to the […]