The man already found guilty of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie was given the maximum-possible prison sentence on Friday in a courthouse in Mayville, N.Y.

Hadi Matar avait attaqué l’auteur des « Versets sataniques » le 12 août 2022, lui laissant des dommages corporels irréversibles. Il encourt respectivement vingt-cinq et sept ans…

A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February.