The man who stabbed and partially blinded author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York arts institute in 2022 was found guilty of federal terrorism charges stemming from the attack

The man who stabbed and partially blinded author Salman Rushdie on stage at a New York arts institute in 2022 was found guilty of federal terrorism charges stemming from the attack. Link Convicted assailant of author Salman Rushdie found guilty of federal terrorism charges According to evidence presented at his trial, Matar spent more than a year researching the fatwa before deciding to try fulfilling the edict with an attack on Rushdie.