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Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie is sentenced to 25 years in prison

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Novelist Salman Rushdie promotes the German-language edition of his book <em>Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder</em> in Berlin on May 16, 2024. In the book, Rushdie confronts the 2022 attack that left him blind in one eye.

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

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