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FILE - Hadi Matar walks in to the Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., May, 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)

Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, Hadi Matar, center, sits in federal court during his terrorism trial for his alleged attack on Salman Rushdie, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Buffalo, N.Y. (Alexandra Newbould via AP)

Defendant in Salman Rushdie stabbing declines to testify in terrorism trial

By John Wawrow and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, a witness describes video of an alleged attack on Salman Rushdie by Hadi Matar, in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Matar, foreground, is seated with his lawyer's co-council. (Alexandra Newbould via AP)

Salman Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him

By John Wawrow and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

FILE - Novelist Salman Rushdie attends the premiere of the documentary film "Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie" during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, 2026, at The Ray in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Terrorism trial opens in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

By John Wawrow and Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Hadi Matar sits in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file)

The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie on stage has been sentenced to 25 years in prison

By Carolyn Thompson - Associated Press

Hadi Matar, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, listens to his defense team in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

Closing arguments begin in the trial of the man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie

By Carolyn Thompson - Associated Press

FILE - Author Salman Rushdie poses for a portrait to promote his book "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder", at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022

By Carolyn Thompson and Hillel Italie - Associated Press

Hadi Matar, right, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, speaks to his defense team in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

Opening statements begin in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

By Carolyn Thompson - Associated Press

Hadi Matar, left, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, is led into Chautauqua County court by public defender Nathaniel Barone before the start of jury selection in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie is going on trial and the author is set to testify

By Carolyn Thompson - Associated Press

FILE - Hadi Matar, charged with attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times, is escorted into the courtroom for a hearing in Chautauqua County Court, Oct. 4, 2024, in Mayville, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson, File)

Trial of Salman Rushdie’s assailant will remain in the New York county where the stabbing happened

Associated Press

Hadi Matar, the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie, arrives for an arraignment at the Chautauqua County Courthouse, Aug. 13, 2022, in Mayville, NY. Matar is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie's upcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial, a judge ruled Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. Jury selection in Matar's attempted murder and assault trial was originally scheduled to start Monday, Jan. 8. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Trial postponed for man charged in 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

By Carolyn Thompson - Associated Press

Hadi Matar, 24, center, arrives for an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Matar, the man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York on Friday, Aug. 12 said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Judge denies bail for Rushdie’s attacker, bars interviews

By Carolyn Thompson - Associated Press

Hadi Matar, 24, center, arrives for an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Matar, the man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York on Friday, Aug. 12 said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Salman Rushdie attacker ‘surprised’ the author survived

Associated Press

Hadi Matar, 24, center, listens to his public defense attorney Nathaniel Barone, left, addresses the judge while being arraigned in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Matar, accused of carrying out a stabbing attack against “Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie, has entered a not-guilty plea on charges of attempted murder and assault. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Accused Salman Rushdie attacker became withdrawn, showed interest in Islam after 2018 trip, mom says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times