Rushdie 'pleased' with his attacker's maximum jail term

LONDON: Salman Rushdie said Monday helium was "pleased" with the maximum 25-year jailhouse condemnation handed to a antheral who tried to termination him with a weapon astatine a New York taste centre successful 2022."I was pleased that helium got the maximum available, and hopefully helium uses it to bespeak upon his deeds," Rushdie told BBC vigor successful an interview.Hadi Matar was sentenced to 25 years successful a New York tribunal connected May 16 aft being convicted of attempted execution and assault. Video footage played during the proceedings showed Matar rushing onto signifier and plunging a weapon into Rushdie that near the British-American writer unsighted successful 1 eye.Last year, Rushdie published a memoir recounting the acquisition called "Knife", successful which helium has an imagined speech with Matar. "If I was to truly conscionable him... I wouldn't get precise overmuch retired of him," Rushdie said. "And truthful I thought, well, I could unfastened it by myself. I'd astir apt bash it amended than a existent speech would." afp