Henry Reese, co-founder of Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum, a nonprofit that assists exiled authors, was likewise hurt in the attack. That night, he was speaking with Rushdie.
According to Schmidt, Matar was given a 25-year prison sentence for the second-degree attempted murder charge stemming from the attack on Rushdie and a seven-year sentence for the second-degree assault charge stemming from Reese’s punching. The statements may be repeated.
Rushdie, an unbeliever who was born into a Muslim Kashmiri family in India, was repeatedly stabbed in the head, chest, neck, and left hand with a knife. His right eye was blinded by the attack, and his heart and gut were damaged, necessitating evacuation operation and months of recovery.
At the prosecution, Matar did not give evidence. His defense counsel told the jury that the prosecution had erred by denying beyond a shadow that the prosecution had sufficient legal purpose to convict him of attempted murder, and that he should have been charged with assault.
Nathaniel Barone, Matar’s attorney, said his client may file an appeal.
” I am aware that he would not remain sitting where he is now if given the chance.” And if he could alter anything, he do,” said Barone.
Matar is also facing federal charges against him for trying to kill Rushdie in a terrorist act brought by prosecutors in the US prosecutor’s company in Western New York. He is accused of providing material support to the radical Hezbollah group in Lebanon, which the US has labeled a criminal business.  ,
In a split test in Buffalo, Matar is scheduled to answer those questions.