Terrorism trial set to open in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

Prosecutors allege that Hadi Matar was motivated to stab Rushdie in 2022 by a fatwa given by former Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini

Novelist Salman Rushdie on Thursday testified at the federal trial of the man who tried to kill him with a knife at a New York cultural center in 2022.

Author testified for second time about near-killing four years ago during event at New York amphitheater Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie on Thursday sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker and told jurors for a second time about…

Rushdie was blinded in his right eye and his left hand was damaged in the attack.

The man convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie spent years researching the writer's whereabouts before stabbing him on a lecture stage, federal prosecutors said Wednesday at the opening of his federal terrorism trial.

Hadi Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, denies federal charges that could bring a life sentence The man who stabbed Salman Rushdie in the eye on stage in 2022 is standing trial for a second time – this time facing terrorism charges after being found guilty of…

Opening statements are set for Wednesday in Hadi Matar’s trial in the federal courthouse in Buffalo, New York

The Booker Prize-winning Rushdie, is expected to be among the first witnesses, again describing the stabbing that nearly killed him and left him blind in one eye