HADI Matar proglašen je krivim za terorizam zbog napada na pisca Salmana Rushdieja, a zbog povezanosti s Hezbolahom prijeti mu doživotni zatvor.

Hadi Matar is already serving a 25-year prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction in the 2022 attack. The federal conviction carries a potential life sentence.

Prosecutors said Hadi Matar was motivated by the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s call for Rushdie’s death.