Author Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock

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.
Witnesses describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
Jurors heard how a knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie unfolded in a matter of seconds at a 2022 New York talk and how close he came to death, in the prosecutor's opening statement on Monday at the trial of the man accused of trying to murder the author.
Salman Rushdie tells court he thought he was dying after stabbing
The author says he felt like he was lying in "a lake of blood" after he was attacked on stage in New York state.
Salman Rushdie wrote about his attempted murder. Now he will face his attacker in court
Hadi Matar, who is on trial for the knife attack against the British author, has also been accused of supporting terrorism and attempting to carry out a fatwa calling for Rushdie's assassination.
Man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie is going on trial; author will take the stand
Mayville, N.Y. – In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as he raised it in self-defense.
What to know about the Salman Rushdie stabbing trial
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, a 27-year-old man from New Jersey, is facing charges of attempted murder and assault. He has pleaded not guilty.
Salman Rushdie gives evidence against man charged with stabbing him in 2022
The 77-year-old author was blinded in one eye in the attack and spent months recovering, a process he detailed in a memoir released last year.
Man Injured Alongside Salman Rushdie in 2022 Stabbing Attack Says He Thought It Was a Prank at First
A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage told jurors that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash ab
‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies Against Alleged Assailant In Harrowing Detail
It was the first time that the author had come face-to-face with the suspect since the 2022 stabbing, which left him blind in one eye.
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.
Sir Salman Rushdie trial: Injured man ‘initially thought attack was a prank’
Henry Reese is co-founder of City of Asylum Pittsburgh, part of a network providing refuge for persecuted writers that Sir Salman inspired.
Witnesses recall horrifying moment Salman Rushdie was stabbed on first day of suspect Hadi Matar’s trial
The radical accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie blurted “Free Palestine” as he walked into the courtroom on Monday.
Testimony in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie heads into 2nd day
Testimony is set to continue Tuesday in the trial of the man charged with stabbing famed author Salman Rushdie in a frenzied ...
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The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie is going on trial. The author will take the stand
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver ... Under different circumstances, Rushdie’s book, which details his account of that day and his recovery, might offer ...