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flag Hadi Matar, who stabbed author Salman Rushdie in 2022, is sentenced to 25 years in prison.

flag Hadi Matar, who stabbed author Salman Rushdie in 2022, leaving him blind in one eye, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted murder and assault. flag Matar was also sentenced to seven years for injuring the event moderator, with both sentences to be served concurrently. flag Rushdie, who has faced threats since the 1988 publication of his controversial book "The Satanic Verses," testified during the trial. flag Matar will face a separate federal trial on terrorism-related charges.

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