A New Jersey man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder.

Rushdie, 77, took stand during the trial and described the attack that resulted in him becoming blind in one eye.

Friday’s conviction of Hadi Matar, 27, came three years after the incident, in which authorities say Matar attacked Rushdie while he was speaking on stage at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York state. Police tackled Matar to the ground shortly after he stabbed Rushdie multiple times.

A New Jersey man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage has been convicted of attempted murder. A jury in western New York also

Hadi Matar faces up to 32 years in prison for nearly killing the renowned novelist during a stabbing attack in 2022.

A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors, who deliberated for less than two hours, also found Hadi Matar,