Salman Rushdie takes the stand in trial for his nearly fatal stabbing
It occurred to me quite clearly that I was dying,” Rushdie said on Tuesday. “That was my predominant thought.”
Witnesses describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
Jurors hear how fast attack on Rushdie unfolded Hadi Matar has pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault Matar could face up to 25 years in prison MAYVILLE, New York, Feb 10 ...
Trial begins for man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie
The trial of Hadi Matar, the man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie, has begun. More Videos. DC plane crash debris recovered from Potomac River
‘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. Hadi Matar,
Author Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock as an attacker repeatedly stabbed him on stage
On the witness stand, Salman Rushdie described the frenzied moments when a masked man rushed at him on a stage and repeatedly slashed him with a knife.
Excerpts from Salman Rushdie's court testimony about a harrowing attack
Author Salman Rushdie testified Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of attacking him with a knife just after he took his seat for a panel discussion at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.
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.
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Accused Salman Rushdie stabber Hati Matar says ‘Free Palestine’ as he heads into court
The radical accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie blurted “Free Palestine” as he walked into the courtroom on Monday. Hati Matar, the 26-year-old New Jersey man who tried to kill the ...
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Salman Rushdie’s attacker came ‘dangerously close to committing murder’ during frenzied stabbing, court hears
A New York court has heard how Salman Rushdie was stabbed repeatedly in a frenzied 2022 assault by an attacker who came “dangerously close to committing murder”. Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old ...
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Prosecutor says Salman Rushdie was too stunned to react when a man started to stab him
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 acclaimed author didn't even try to fight back, a prosecutor said ...
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Trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie underway; Rushdie expected to testify
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Lawyers began delivering opening statements Monday at the trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western ...
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Salman Rushdie 'knifeman' declares 'Free Palestine' as he enters courtroom over stabbing that left the author fighting for life - as trial hears how British victim was 'too ...
A man who came 'dangerously close' to stabbing Salman Rushdie to death on stage at a culture festival has declared 'Free Palestine' as he was led into the courtroom. Hadi Matar, an immigrant from ...
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Rushdie tells court about stabbing attack: 'I thought he had punched me'
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 ...
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Salman Rushdie to come face-to-face with man accused of trying to kill him
The trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Sir Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western New York is scheduled to begin today. The 77-year-old is expected to ...