Hadi Matar, the 27-year-old American -olivan who attacked with a knife in 2022 to Salman Rusdi, the writer-symbol of freedom of expression, was now sentenced to 25 years in prison. Matar, who grew up in the US, was found guilty last February for attempted murder and attack. His trial, in Movill, New York, lasted two weeks. The judge imposed a maximum sentence, that is, 25 years in prison, for the attack on Rusdi and another seven years for the injury to another person. He will serve these sentences at the same time. On August 12, 2022, Matar stabbed the author of the “Satanic Lyrics”, the novel because of which in 1989 Iran condemned Rusdi as he considered it “blasphemous”. The 77 -year -old American -British writer, who comes from India, lost vision from his right eye and one hand paralyzed. Matar stabbed him ten times, tried to cut his throat and injured him in the liver and intestine. […]
Source: News Beast
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