Hadi Matar is standing trial in the United States on federal terrorism charges stemming from the 2022 attack on author Salman Rushdie. Matar denies the new charges, which carry a potential life sentence.
The defendant is already serving a 25-year prison sentence after previously being found guilty of attempted murder for stabbing Rushdie in the eye while the author was on stage in 2022.
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