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

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.

Matar, a New Jersey resident, faces charges of attempted murder and assault after allegedly rushing the stage and attacking Rushdie before a scheduled lecture.