Federal jury returns guilty verdict in Salman Rushdie attack
The man who tried to kill author Salman Rushdie in 2022 was convicted on federal terrorism charges Wednesday.
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The man who tried to kill author Salman Rushdie in 2022 was convicted on federal terrorism charges Wednesday.
A man has been convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing that severely injured author Salman Rushdie.
Salman Rushdie has come to terms with the attempt on his life the only way he knows: by writing a book about it, "Knife." He detailed the experience in his first television interview since the attack.
The man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie was sentenced to 25 years in prison Friday.
Hadi Matar, who was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in February, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie.
Salman Rushdie's "The Eleventh Hour" will mark his first published fiction since being stabbed at a lecture in New York in 2022.
Salman Rushdie's attacker, Hadi Matar, is convicted on attempted murder charges in the 2022 stabbing in New York.
A New Jersey man accused of trying to kill author Salman Rushdie in 2022 has been found guilty of attempted murder. Jurors deliberated for less than two hours before reaching a verdict in the trial of Hadi Matar.
Salman Rushdie took the witness stand Tuesday in the attempted murder trial against his accused attacker, Hadi Matar.
Salman Rushdie took the witness stand Tuesday in the attempted murder trial against his accused attacker, Hadi Matar. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore.
Lawyers have begun to deliver opening statements at the trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western New York.
Hadi Matar, the man accused of stabbing of author Salman Rushdie, is set to face trial in western New York.
The New Jersey man accused in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie will go on trial Tuesday in western New York.
Rushdie's agent said the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack by a man who rushed the stage at an event in western New York.
Rushdie's condition has improved, and, according to his literary agent, he has been removed from a ventilator.
There was a show of support for Salman Rushdie one week after he was attacked in western New York.
The 24-year-old New Jersey man appeared on the charges in a western New York courtroom.
A judge has refused to grant bail to the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie.
Rushdie is recovering from serious injuries at a Pennsylvania hospital and has been speaking with investigators.
"We do not consider anyone other than Salman Rushdie and his supporters worthy of blame and even condemnation," said a foreign ministry spokesman.
The attempted murder of the renowned author, long targeted by Islamic fundamentalists over his novel "The Satanic Verses," is the latest sad chapter in the life of a quiet but dedicated hero of free expression. Correspondent Lee Cowan reports.
Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk after he was stabbed before a lecture in western New York.
The attempted murder of the renowned author, long targeted by Islamic extremists over his novel "The Satanic Verses," is the latest sad chapter in the life of a quiet but dedicated hero of free speech.
Author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator Saturday and is now able to talk after he was attacked Friday in western New York. Michael George reports for CBS2.
The author will likely lose an eye, and the nerves in his arm were "severed" and his liver was "stabbed and damaged," his agent said.
