A jury convicts Hadi Matar on federal terrorism charges for the stabbing of Salman Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution, and prosecutors link the attack to a decades-old fatwa and to Matar's allegiance to Hezbollah.Matar, already serving 25 years in New York state prison for attempted murder related to the attack, now faces the possibility of life imprisonment under the federal conviction and judges must decide how federal and state penalties will be applied.Prosecutors presented messages and surveillance evidence showing Matar tracked
Salman Rushdie's appearances,
Salman Rushdie testified about 15 stab wounds and the loss of sight in his right eye, and court records show a private Iranian foundation offers a bounty exceeding $3M.