United KingdomHadi Matar, a U.S. citizen currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in 2022, has been convicted of additional charges related to terrorism. The New York federal court found him guilty of providing material support to Hezbollah, a group designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S., UK, and others. Prosecutors claimed Matar acted under a 1989 Iranian fatwa calling for Rushdie's death and was influenced by a 2006 Hezbollah leader's speech urging enforcement of the fatwa. Rushdie testified about the attack, describing being stabbed multiple times and nearly losing his sight. Defense attorneys argued the attack was not motivated by terrorism but by controversy over Rushdie's 1988 novel. Matar could now face life imprisonment due to the new conviction.
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