Salman Rushdie attacker who left creator blind in a single eye jailed

A person convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie, leaving the creator blind in a single eye, has been jailed for 25 years.

Hadi Matar was discovered responsible of tried homicide and assault in February.

Prosecutors had been looking for the utmost sentence of 25 years for the assault in August 2022, together with an extra seven-year time period for injuring a second man.

Read extra: https://news.sky.com/story/hadi-matar-man-who-stabbed-salman-rushdie-leaving-author-blind-in-one-eye-is-jailed-13368863

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