Hadi Matar had pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault in connection with the 2022 attack at the Chautauqua Institution in southwestern New York.

A New Jersey man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder.

Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022. Matar, 27, can be seen in videos rushing the Chautauqua Institution's stage as Rushdie was being introduced to the audience for a talk about keeping writers safe from harm,

A New Jersey man who repeatedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder.

Lawyers are delivering their closing arguments in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a western New York lecture stage.