Jury selection begins at trial of man accused of blinding Salman Rushdie
Jury selection has begun at the US trial of the man charged with stabbing writer Sir Salman Rushdie. Hadi Matar is charged with attempted murder and assault over the August 2022 incident that left Mr Rushdie blind in one eye. Mr Matar, 27, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Authorities allege that Matar was motivated by a terrorist organisation’s endorsement of a fatwa calling for Rushdie’s death. The 27 year-old has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted second-degr ...
Hadi Matar, center, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, sits in Chautauqua ...
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