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.
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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 British-American writer at least 10 times. Rushdie was blinded in one eye and has a paralysed hand and liver damage following the incident. He was rushed to hospital by helicopter and spent six weeks recovering.
Rushdie stabbing trial begins
After more than two and a half years, the trial of a New Jersey man accused of attempting to murder a world-renowned author officially began. Monday was opening statements for the trial of 27-year-old Hadi Matar,
Testimony in Trial of Man Accused of Trying to Kill Salman Rushdie Heads Into 2nd Day
Testimony is set to continue in the trial of the man charged with stabbing famed author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied knife attack on a western New York stage
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.
Witnesses describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
Jurors heard on Monday how an attacker stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times in a matter of seconds at a New York lecture, during the trial of the man accused of trying to murder the author.
Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' Author, to Face Attacker in Attempted Murder Trial
Rushdie, who was raised in a Muslim Kashmiri family, went into hiding under the protection of British police in 1989 after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader,
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