Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock and pain

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.
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
The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie is going on trial. The author will take the stand
The New Jersey man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack is standing trial in New York
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.
'I was dying:' Salman Rushdie testifies about gruesome stabbing in Chautauqua County
Matar was apprehended on Aug. 12, 2022, after authorities say he rushed the stage of the Chautauqua Institution's amphitheater and repeatedly stabbed Rushdie, 77, and injured Henry Reese, 75, who was on stage with the author.
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.
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.
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.
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
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 describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
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Upstate NY trial begins for radical accused of stabbing ‘Satanic Verses’ author Salman Rushdie
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History Today: When Iran's Supreme leader issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie
A fatwa or death sentence was issued against author Salman Rushdie by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on ...
Hadi Matar: Who is the New Jersey man charged with attempted murder of Salman Rushdie?
Hadi Matar became withdrawn and isolated after a trip to the Middle East to visit his father in 2018, his mother says ...