Salman Rushdie’s attacker, Hadi Matar, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder after a 2022 knife attack that left the author severely injured. Rushdie, 77, was stabbed during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, sustaining severe injuries including damage to his liver, arm, and eye. The attack occurred on stage before a crowd, leading to his airlift to a hospital in northwestern Pennsylvania, where he remained for nearly three, weeks.
Matar was also sentenced to seven years, to be served concurrently, for the stabbing of another man who was on stage with Rushdie, according to The Associated Press. Before sentencing, Matar told the court Rushdie