Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 year prison sentence | World News

The man found guilty of stabbing author Salman Rushdie and leaving him blind in one eye has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, the Associated Press reported on Friday.
Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted in February of attempted murder and assault. The attack took place in 2021 in New York where Rushdie was set to speak at the Chautauqua Institution event.
Rushdie, 77, did not attend the sentencing but submitted a written victim impact statement, the AP said. The author was the main witness during the trial. He described thinking he was going to die when a masked man stabbed him in the head and body more than a dozen times.
Matar received the maximum 25-year sentence for the attempted murder of Rushdie and seven years for wounding another man present on stage with him.
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