Salman Rushdie attacker convicted of terror offenses
Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted of attempting to help Hezbollah by attacking the British-Indian author.
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"I don't believe the book is on trial. Somebody else is on trial."
— Sir Salman Rushdie , Celebrity
"The defendant decided no one was going to do it, so he had to do it."
— Timothy Lynch , Other
Key People
A US man convicted of attempting to kill Sir Salman Rushdie and providing material support to a terrorist group.
An award-winning British-Indian author who faced a fatwa for his controversial novel 'The Satanic Verses'.
An Assistant US Attorney involved in the prosecution of Hadi Matar.
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Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted of attempting to help Hezbollah by attacking the British-Indian author.
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