Salman Rushdie attacker convicted of terror offenses

The report

Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted of attempting to help Hezbollah by attacking the British-Indian author

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Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of salman, rushdie, attacker, convicted, terror: Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted of attempting to help Hezbollah by attacking the British-Indian author.