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Hadi Matar

Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Fairview Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie On NY Stage Sentenced To Decades In Prison Fairview Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie On NY Stage Sentenced To Decades In Prison
Fairview Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie On NY Stage Sentenced To Decades In Prison A New Jersey man who nearly killed world-renowned author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York stage has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview, NJ, was sentenced Friday, May 16, in Chautauqua County Court after a jury found him guilty in February of attempted murder and assault. The charges stem from a brutal ambush on Aug. 12, 2022, when Matar stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution, stabbing Rushdie more than a dozen times in front of a stunned audience. The attack left the 77-year-old Booker Prize-winning author blind in one eye and with seve…

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by Michael Mashburn
Albany, NY
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Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Over Dozen Times In NY Convicted Of Attempted Murder Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Over Dozen Times In NY Convicted Of Attempted Murder
Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Over Dozen Times In NY Convicted Of Attempted Murder A New Jersey man who repeatedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York speaking engagement was convicted of attempted murder. Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview, was also found guilty of assault in Chautauqua County Court on Friday, Feb. 21, for injuring another attendee following two hours of jury deliberations, Buffalo NBC affiliate WGRZ reports. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison when he's sentenced in April. The attack happened at around 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 12, 2022, as Rushdie was about to begin lecturing at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, located about 70 miles sou…

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by Michael Mashburn
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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New Video Shows Salman Rushdie Attack, NJ Suspect In Custody New Video Shows Salman Rushdie Attack, NJ Suspect In Custody
New Video Shows Salman Rushdie Attack, NJ Suspect In Custody A newly-released video shows the stabbing of Salman Rushdie. The author was attacked while speaking at the Chautauqua Institute in New York Friday, Aug. 12. Police identified Fairview, NJ's Hadi Matar, 24, as a suspect, who was in custody. His home was searched that evening. The Facebook video was posted by audience member Stephen Davies, and shows the chaos that ensued about 15 seconds after the author was stabbed. The video shows audience members jumping onto the stage to help Rushdie, Rushdie remained on a ventilator as of Saturday, Aug. 13 and was likely going to lose an eye,…

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by Cecilia Levine
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Police Raid Home Of Bergen County Man Accused Of Stabbing Author Salman Rushdie During Lecture Police Raid Home Of Bergen County Man Accused Of Stabbing Author Salman Rushdie During Lecture
Police Raid Home Of Bergen County Man Accused Of Stabbing Author Salman Rushdie During Lecture Law enforcement agencies descended on the Fairview home of a 24-year-old borough resident accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie while he gave a lecture in western New York Friday, Aug. 12. Hadi Matar was taken into custody after storming the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbing the 75-year-old author multiple times, State Police Troop Commander Major Eugene J. Staniszewski said in a news conference. The man suspected of stabbing Salman Rushdie is named Hadi Matar but he was carrying this fake driver license at the time of his arrest. pic.twitter.com/ORSla0ofOC — Karol M…

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by Cecilia Levine
Albany, NY
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Author Salman Rushdie Violently Attacked, Stabbed On Stage In New York Author Salman Rushdie Violently Attacked, Stabbed On Stage In New York
Author Salman Rushdie Violently Attacked, Stabbed On Stage In New York This story has been updated Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage at a speaking engagement in upstate New York, according to state police. The violent attack happened at around 10:45 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, as Rushdie was about to begin lecturing at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, located about 70 miles south of Buffalo. A man stormed the stage and repeatedly stabbed the 75-year-old Rushdie in the neck and chest, New York State Police said. Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital for emergency surgery.  Friday evening, Aug. 12, his agent told The New York Times that …

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by Michael Mashburn