Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock and pain as an attacker repeatedly stabbed him on stage
With a mix of humor and graphic detail, Salman Rushdie calmly told a jury Tuesday about the frenzied moments in August 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in western New York and repeatedly slashed him with a knife,
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.
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.
Excerpts from Salman Rushdie's court testimony about a harrowing attack
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 describes his shock and pain as a stranger repeatedly stabbed him on stage
Jurors in the trial of Hadi Matar, 27, on Monday heard from staffers at the arts institution where Rushdie was set to give a speech in August 2022, when authorities say the Fairview, New Jersey man attacked the author on stage and stabbed him more than a dozen times.
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.”
Salman Rushdie testifies in trial for the man charged with stabbing him
Salman Rushdie took the stand during the second day of testimony at the trial of Hadi Matar, the man accused of trying the kill him. (AP video: Mike Householder)
Novelist 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, 26,
Salman Rushdie takes the stand in trial of his attacker
Salman Rushdie took the witness stand Tuesday in the attempted murder trial against his accused attacker, Hadi Matar. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore.
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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 author didn't even try to fight back, a prosecutor said Monday during ...
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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 ...