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Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie convicted of ‘terrorism’ charges

Al Jazeera English and UPI describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened US court finds attacker, who is already serving a 25-year prison sentence, guilty of additional charges over 2022 assault.
The headline split Al Jazeera English frames it as "Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie convicted of ‘terrorism’ charges". NPR World frames it as "Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie".
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Al Jazeera EnglishNews report · Jul 30, 9:17 AM

Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie convicted of ‘terrorism’ charges

US court finds attacker, who is already serving a 25-year prison sentence, guilty of additional charges over 2022 assault.

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UPIWire story · Jul 30, 5:50 AM

Jury convicts Salman Rushdie attacker on terrorism charges

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted the New Jersey man who attempted to murder writer Salmon Rushdie on additional terrorism-related charges.

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NPR WorldNews report · Jul 30, 5:33 AM

Man convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

A man was convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel "The Satanic Verses."

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