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American-Lebanese man sentenced to 25 years for knife attack on Salman Rushdie

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16-05-2025 | 11:07

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American-Lebanese man sentenced to 25 years for knife attack on Salman Rushdie

An American-Lebanese man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural center.

Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted in February of attempted murder and assault for the stabbing, which left Rushdie blind in one eye.

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