The man who rushed a stage to attack author Salman Rushdie will face federal terrorism charges in a trial that began Wednesday in New York.

Hadi Matar has already been convicted of state-level attempted murder charges for the 2022 attack that left the author blind in one eye.

Novelist Salman Rushdie on Thursday testified at the federal trial of the man who tried to kill him with a knife at a New York cultural center in 2022. Hadi Matar, a 28-year-old Lebanese-American, was ...

Hadi Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, denies federal charges that could bring a life sentence ...

Author testified for second time about near-killing four years ago during event at New York amphitheater ...

Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted of attempting to help Hezbollah by attacking the British-Indian author.

A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a ...

Investigators said Matar surrounded himself with Hezbollah symbols before the attack, travelled to the Chautauqua Institution ...

A US federal jury convicted Hadi Matar on terrorism charges over the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie in New ...

It was the second time the author described the incident in court, after giving evidence against his attacker during a 2025 trial.

Nearly four years after Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage during a literary event in New York, the man behind the brutal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author Salman Rushdie arrives at the 2023 PEN America Literary Gala at American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The ...