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.
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 above his eye.
Writer Salman Rushdie testifies in New York trial about his attempted murder in 2022
Renowned British-Indian author Salman Rushdie testified Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him in 2022 in New York.
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.
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 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.”
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 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)
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 acclaimed author didn't even try to fight back, a prosecutor said ...
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Salman Rushdie Testifies at Trial of Man Accused of Stabbing Him: 'I Was Screaming Because of the Pain'
The Satanic Verses author was left blind in one eye after a 24-year-old man allegedly stormed the stage and attacked him at a literary festival in New York Dave Kotinsky/Getty Salman Rushdie ...
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Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022
NEW YORK - Author Salman Rushdie took the stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack. Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with ...