{"id":244557,"date":"2025-05-16T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/salman-rushdie-attacker-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T17:00:14","slug":"salman-rushdie-attacker-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/salman-rushdie-attacker-sentenced-to-25-years-in-prison-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x0A_UzvRjhk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x0A_UzvRjhk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Sir Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted of attempted murder and assault earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The attack left the novelist blind in one eye, damage to his liver and a paralysed hand caused by nerve damage to his arm.<\/p>\n<p>The attack came 35 years after Sir Salman&#8217;s controversial novel The Satanic Verses, which had long made him the target of death threats for its portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#US #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Sir Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in the US. 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