‘I thought he had punched me’: Novelist Salman Rushdie takes stand in trial of his accused stabber
The novelist Salman Rushdie showed a jury his blinded right eye on Tuesday as he testified against the man charged with trying to murder him at a talk at a rural New York venue in 2022.
Rushdie tells court about stabbing attack: 'I thought he had punched me'
The celebrated writer was giving a talk on exiled writers and asylum in August 2022 when the suspect, Hadi Matar, allegedly attacked him with a knife, stabbing his left hand, neck and face. That last wound has left Rushdie partially blind.
Trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie begins with opening statements
Lawyers have begun to deliver opening statements at the trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western New York.
Prosecutors open case against Salman Rushdie's accused attacker. Here are key takeaways
Hadi Matar, 27, of Fairview, New Jersey, is charged with attempted murder and assault and could face a total of 32 years behind bars.
Novelist Salman Rushdie faces his accused stabber in New York courtroom
Soon after the attack, Matar, a U.S.-Lebanese dual citizen from New Jersey, told the "New York Post" in a jailhouse interview that he disliked Rushdie because he believed the writer had insulted ...
Man injured with Salman Rushdie in WNY stabbing says he thought it was ‘prank’ at first
The man said once he realized it wasn't a prank he tried to stop the attack, and ended up with a gash over his eye.
Salman Rushdie Attacker Says 'Free Palestine' as He Enters Court
Salman Rushdie is expected to testify during the trial, marking the first time he will face his alleged attacker.
Hadi Matar: Who is the New Jersey man charged with attempted murder of Salman Rushdie?
Hadi Matar became withdrawn and isolated after a trip to the Middle East to visit his father in 2018, his mother says ...
Witnesses testify during Day 3 of the Hadi Matar trial
Matar is accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiples times at a speaking engagement at the Chautauqua Institute in ...
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Legal expert Cambria on whether Hadi Matar will testify at his trial
Salman Rushdie took the stand Tuesday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is accused of attacking him in 2022. It marked the ...
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Witnesses describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
Jurors will see videos of the attack, which some 1,000 audience members witnessed, and Matar's arrest, and will hear from the Erie trauma surgeon who treated Rushdie after he had lost catastrophic ...
Rushdie stabbing so sudden he had no time to react, prosecutor tells first day of trial
Matar is accused of running on stage and stabbing Rushdie up to 10 times in an attack that also damaged his liver and paralysed a hand Opening their case, the prosecution tells the court he was ...