Hadi Matar, 27, was issued the sentence by a county court in Chautauqua, New York, three months after he was convicted of second-degree attempted murder. Matar's conviction was the end result of an ...

The author did not attend the sentencing but Chautauqua County DA Jason Schmidt spoke on Rushdie’s behalf. “This is a major setback for an individual that was starting to emerge in his very ...

Rushdie had to go into hiding and the British government placed him under police protection. The author did not attend the sentencing but Chautauqua County DA Jason Schmidt spoke on Rushdie’s behalf. ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A man who attacked Salman Rushdie with a knife in front of a stunned audience in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to 25 years ...

Rushdie, 77, did not return to western New York for the sentencing but submitted a victim impact statement in which he said he has nightmares about what happened, Chautauqua County District ...

Hadi Matar, 27, of New Jersey, appears in Chautauqua County Court on Feb. 10, 2025. Mater was apprehended on Aug. 12, 2022, after authorities say he rushed the stage of the Chautauqua Institution ...