Four men have been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing on Boxing Day in 2023. The victim, a man in his 20s, suffered life-changing injuries after the attack in Bishop Road, Bristol, on 26 December 2023.

The man, Hadi Matar, faces up to 32 years in prison. Prosecutors said he rushed onstage at an arts conference and stabbed the famed author about 15 times.

A jury on Friday convicted a New Jersey man of second-degree attempted murder and assault in the brutal stabbing of author Salman Rushdie on an upstate New York lecture stage in 2022.

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

Hadi Matar was found guilty of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault for the attack on Salman Rushdie. Matar faces up to 25 years in prison for the charges. (This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.

Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022. Matar, 27, can be seen in videos rushing the Chautauqua Institution's stage as Rushdie was being introduced to the audience for a talk about keeping writers safe from harm,