### [2026-07-22](/feed/2026/07/22/index.md)

##### Stabbing of Salman Rushdie
# The federal trial against Hadi Matar, the man who attempted to kill author Salman Rushdie in August 2022 in New York, United States, opens. If he is convicted, Matar faces a sentence of life in prison. He is already serving a 25-year state prison sentence in New York. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/salman-rushdie-stabbing-trial-hadi-matar-5d2a06a832e8a3848cff7e8b58b7a17e)
2. [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/22/salman-rushdie-attacker-faces-us-terrorism-trial)

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