Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old from New Jersey, was convicted of attempted murder for stabbing Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie, ANI reported.

The jury in western New York gave the verdict after Rushdie's testimony, who said that he had been struck by his attacker's dark, ferocious eyes. He described initially feeling as though being punched, but soon realised he had "a very large quantity of blood pouring out" onto his clothes.