A US federal court jury has convicted Hadi Matar on terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie. The verdict, returned in New York on Wednesday, found Matar guilty on all charges in the federal case tied to the attack.
Rushdie has lived for decades under death threats linked to his writing, making the stabbing one of the most closely watched attacks on a literary figure in recent years. The case drew international attention because of Rushdie’s long history of security concerns.
The federal conviction marks a major development in the legal response to the attack on the novelist. According to the case details provided, prosecutors pursued terrorism-related charges, and the jury agreed with the government’s case on every count.
The outcome closes another chapter in a case that has resonated far beyond the courtroom, given Rushdie’s global profile and the long-running threats surrounding his work. The verdict also underscores how US authorities treated the stabbing as more than an ordinary violent assault.
