A man has been found guilty of attempted murder over an attack on author Sir Salman Rushdie.
Following a trial in Chautauqua County Court, Hadi Matar, 27, was found guilty by a jury of attempting to murder Sir Salman after less than two hours of deliberations.
The 77-year-old British-American writer was stabbed multiple times and was blinded in his right eye, as he was preparing to give a speech in New York in 2022.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/man-found-guilty-of-attempted-murder-over-salman-rushdie-attack-13314117
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