MAYVILLE, NY — Witnesses to the attempt on author Salman Rushdie’s life recalled the bloody horror on the first day of accused knifeman Hadi Matar’s trial – and described fearing a second ...

A New York court has heard 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 Warning: This page contains ...

Hadi Matar, right, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, sits in Chautauqua County court during the first day of jury selection in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday ...

Feb. 10, 2025 The man accused of attacking the author Salman Rushdie appeared to be “on a mission” as he rushed onstage with a knife, a prosecutor said in opening statements in the stabbing ...

Jurors will be shown photos and videos from the day of the 2022 attack, when a man rushed onstage at a literary conference in New York and attacked acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie. The trial of ...

The trial of a man who allegedly stabbed renowned British-Indian author Sir Salman Rushdie multiple times in 2022, leaving him blind in one eye, began on Monday in upstate New York. Hadi Matar ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — 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 ...

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 ...

Sir Salman Rushdie did not initially realise he was the victim of a frenzied stabbing because his assailant launched the attack “so fast” and “so unexpectedly”, a court heard. The Booker ...

Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the acclaimed author didn't even try to fight back, a prosecutor said Monday during opening ...

Feb. 10 (UPI) --The trial of a man accused of stabbing renowned British Indian author Salman Rushdie on a New York stage in 2022 began Monday for opening statements in his attempted murder and ...

MAYVILLE, New York (Reuters) - A jury will hear attorneys' opening statements on Monday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New ...