Matar is accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiples times at a speaking engagement at the Chautauqua Institute in ...

District Attorney Jason Schmidt described the attack as sudden, indicating "it all happened so fast" that Rushdie did not ...

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar, bringing the writer face-to-face with his knife-wielding attacker for the first time in more than two years. Rushdie ...

Salman Rushdie took the stand Tuesday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is accused of attacking him in 2022. It marked the ...

Jason Schmidt, the district attorney, told Chautauqua County Court that the “suddenness of the attack” launched by defendant Hadi Matar meant Sir Salman did not initially react. He said the ...

Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old Lebanese-American from New Jersey, was heard saying “Free Palestine” as he was led into the courtroom in Chautauqua Lake on Monday for opening statements in his trial.

Hadi Matar stands trial for attempting to murder novelist Salman Rushdie during a New York lecture. Rushdie will testify ...

Hadi Matar, left, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, is led into Chautauqua County court by public defender Nathaniel Barone before the start of jury ...

Hadi Matar is charged with attempted murder in the attack, which took place in 2022 as Mr. Rushdie was about to speak at an arts conference in western New York. By Alyce McFadden and Chelsia Rose ...

open image in gallery Hadi Matar, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, sits in Chautauqua County court during the first day of jury selection (AP ...

Hadi Matar. Jury selection got underway Tuesday. Matar, 27, of Fairview, New Jersey, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault. Under different circumstances, Rushdie’s ...