Hadi Matar, the man convicted of attempted murder after stabbing author Salman Rushdie in 2022, received a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.

The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison.

Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years in prison after being convicted of attempted murder and assault charges in February this year.