Author Salman Rushdie has taken the stand in a New York courtroom to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack.

Salman Rushdie took the witness stand Tuesday in the attempted murder trial against his accused attacker, Hadi Matar. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore.

Feb. 14 marked the anniversary of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie by Iran’s Ayatollah. It was also the fourth day of testimony in the trial of Hadi Matar, the New Jersey man accused of stabbing the renowned author at the Chautauqua Institution in August 2022.

Jurors have watched videos showing Salman Rushdie being repeatedly stabbed on a stage in western New York while audience members gasped in horror at the attack that left the prized-winning novelist seriously wounded and blinded in one eye.