A man has been convicted of attempted murder and assault for stabbing author Sir Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022.
A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty after a little less than two hours of deliberations following a trial in Chautauqua County Court, New York.
Matar ran onto the stage at the Chautauqua Institution where Sir Salman was about to speak on August 12 2022, and stabbed him more than a dozen times before a live audience.
The attack left the 77-year-old prize-winning novelist blind in one eye.
Another man was injured.
Rushdie was the key witness during seven days of testimony, describing in graphic detail his life-threatening injuries and long and painful recovery.
