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Man who stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie guilty of attempted murderHadi Matar was found guilty of attempted murder for stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie, partially blinding him. The 2022 assault took place o...
Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie charged with supporting terrorist groupHadi Matar, who brutally attacked author Salman Rushdie in New York, now faces terrorism charges including attempting to support Hezbollah,...
Trial of Salman Rushdie's assailant to be postponed till author's memoir hits bookshelvesHadi Matar, the man charged with repeatedly stabbing Rushdie as the author was being introduced for a lecture, is entitled to the manuscrip...
Salman Rushdie attends PEN America gala, first in-person appearance since stabbingRushdie was in hiding for years after Iran's Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death.
India condemns ‘horrific attack’ on author Salman Rushdie"India has always stood against violence and extremism. We condemn the horrific attack on Salman Rushdie and we wish him a speedy recovery,...
Salman Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assaultHadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the "The Satanic Verses" author was to deliver a lecture on stage...
Salman Rushdie's attacker says he acted aloneHadi Matar, of Fairview in New Jersey, was arrested last week and charged with second-degree attempted murder and assault after he stabbed ...
Salman Rushdie attacker says 'surprised' author survivedThe suspected assailant, who has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges, did not say whether he was inspired by the 1989 edict, or ...
Man with knife cannot silence man with pen: New York State Governor Kathy Hochul on attack on Rushdie"New York State will always stand up to protect freedom of expression, freedom of speech and we condemn the cowardly attack on Salman Rushd...
Salman Rushdie's 'feisty and defiant' humour remains intact, says sonThe family expressed gratitude to the audience members who bravely leapt to Rushdie's defence and administered first-aid after he was stabb...
Salman Rushdie is 'pulling through' after stabbing 'nightmare', says his former wife Padma LakshmiRushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing "The Satanic Verses", was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident id...
J K Rowling receives death threat over her tweet on Salman Rushdie attackRowling, who has previously been criticised for her comments on transgender people, had on Friday shared a tweet expressing horror at the a...
Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack: Agent Andrew WylieRushdie remained hospitalised with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was "off the ventilator...
Shocked and saddened to learn of vicious attack on Salman Rushdie: US President Joe Biden"Jill and I were shocked and saddened to learn of the vicious attack on Salman Rushdie yesterday in New York. We, together with all America...
Salman Rushdie once complained about 'too much security' around him: ReportWhile attending the Prague Writers' Festival in 2001, he told reporters, "To be here and to find a large security operation around me has a...
Natwar Singh defends Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban "The Satanic Verses", cites law & order scenarioWith focus back on Rushdie's book in the wake of the attack on him in New York, Singh, who was the minister of state for external affairs w...
Who is the 24-year-old man who attacked Salman Rushdie?Though there are no direct links between Matar and the IRGC, law enforcement officers reportedly found images of slain commander Qassem Sol...
New York State police identify suspect who attacked Salman Rushdie"The suspect has been identified as Hadi Matar, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey. Earlier today, approx. at 10:47 am, the speaker Rushdie,75 a...
Salman Rushdie on ventilator, likely to lose an eye, liver stabbed and damaged: ReportThe New York Times (NYT) reported that according to Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, the Mumbai-born controversial author was on a ventilator...
Salman Rushdie stabbed onstage, rushed to hospitalAn Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was...