Dhaka, Feb. 25 -- A New Jersey man has been found guilty of attempted murder for attacking author Salman Rushdie during a lecture in New York in 2022.

A jury delivered the verdict on February 21 after less than two hours of deliberation, also convicting 27-year-old Hadi Matar of assault for injuring another individual on stage with Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution.

Matar rushed the stage on August 12, 2022, stabbing Rushdie more than a dozen times in front of a live audience. The attack left the 77-year-old novelist blind in one eye.

Rushdie testified during the seven-day trial, providing graphic details of his life-threatening injuries and the long road to recovery.

Matar displayed no visible reaction to the verdict, standing si...