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Salman Rushdie attacker trial and conviction
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FIRST ENTRY JUL 29
JUL 29 · Day 1
Salman Rushdie attacker convicted of terror offenses
Hadi Matar was convicted in a New York federal court of providing material support to Hezbollah and engaging in an act of transnational terrorism.
Rushdie credited a firefighter with saving his life by providing medical care after the attack.
Hezbollah is designated as a terrorist group by the US, UK and many other countries.
“I was on the stage, lying down, with an enormous pool of blood all around me,”
SIR SALMAN RUSHDIE
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