Shortly before his talk was set to begin, a man wearing dark clothing and a face mask rushed onto the stage and began stabbing Mr. Rushdie. Ralph Henry Reese, one of the founders of a project that offers refuge for writers, was onstage with Mr. Rushdie and was also injured in the attack.

Sir Salman Rushdie’s stabber was today found guilty of attempted murder, three years after attacking the author during an onstage lecture. The assailant, 27-year-old Hadi Matar, was charged after an eight day trial.

Hadi Matar was found guilty on Friday of attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie in an onstage stabbing attack at a New York arts institute in 2022.