Prosecutor says Salman Rushdie was too stunned to react when a man started to stab him
Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author didn’t even try to fight back, a prosecutor said Monday during opening statements in the suspect’s attempted murder trial.
Man Accused of Stabbing Salman Rushdie Goes on Trial
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.
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.
Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie
Lawyers are set 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
Excerpts From Salman Rushdie's Court Testimony About a Harrowing Attack
In his own words, author Salman Rushdie describes the moments when a stranger rushed at him on stage in western New York and began attacking him
Novelist Salman Rushdie faces his accused stabber in New York courtroom
Salman Rushdie spoke calmly and with occasional dry humor as he testified on Tuesday against the man accused of trying to murder him, the first time the two have been in the same place since the 2022 knife attack on the novelist onstage at a New York arts institute.
Rushdie tells court about stabbing attack: 'I thought he had punched me'
A New York court is hearing testimony from Sir Salman Rushdie in the trial of the man accused of stabbing the British-American author and leaving him blind in one eye "Initially, I thought he had punched me,
‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies About Terrifying Stabbing Attack
The author recounted in vivid testimony the moment when an attacker stabbed him about 15 times as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
‘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.
Salman Rushdie tells court he thought he was dying after stabbing
The author says he felt like he was lying in "a lake of blood" after he was attacked on stage in New York state.
Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock and pain as a stranger repeatedly stabbed him on stage
Salman Rushdie described in graphic detail Tuesday the frenzied moments in 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in ...
Testimony in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie heads into second day
Jurors in the trial of Hadi Matar, 27, on Monday heard from staffers at the arts institution where Rushdie was set to give a ...
Trial witness identifies Rushdie stabbing suspect as being responsible
Hadi Matar allegedly sprinted on stage at an event in upstate New York in August 2022 and stabbed the acclaimed ...
‘If you liked the book, meet the author...in a book’: Reading Salman Rushdie in good and bad times
Knife isn’t set in Hampi. It was the next Rushdie book I read. It is a painful, and gripping narrative. But it is also ...
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Accused Salman Rushdie attacker ambles into NY court as trial kicks off on attempted murder charges
The radical accused of stabbing famed writer Salman Rushdie in upstate New York in 2022 ambled into court Tuesday, police escort in tow, as his trial kicked off with jury selection. Hati Matar ...
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Trial of man accused in Rushdie stabbing begins with jury selection
The trial of the man charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture began on Tuesday with jury selection. Hadi Matar, 26, can be seen in cellphone videos ...
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Trial of Man in Salman Rushdie Stabbing Begins With Jury Selection
Trial of Man in Salman Rushdie Stabbing Begins With Jury Selection (Reuters) - The trial of the man charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture is due ...