Washington (USA), February 21 (LaPresse) – 27-year-old Hadi Matar has been found guilty of attempted murder for the attack on writer Salman Rushdie on August 12, 2022. The jury of the Chautauqua County court in New York State also found Matar guilty of assaulting the man who was standing next to Rushdie on stage during the literary festival where the attack took place. Rushdie, 77, was stabbed more than 12 times. The assault left the writer blind in one eye.