May 17, 2025 8:42 AM
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US court sentences Salman Rushdie’s attacker Hadi Matar to 25 years in prison
An American-Lebanese man, Hadi Matar has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2022 knife attack on author Salman Rushdie at a cultural event in New York. Convicted of attempted murder and assault, 27-year old Matar received the maximum sentence for the attack, which left Mr Rushdie ...