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.
‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies About Terrifying Stabbing Attack
The author recounted in vivid testimony the moment when an attacker stabbed him about 15 times as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
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
Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock and pain as an attacker repeatedly stabbed him on stage
Author Salman Rushdie has taken the stand in a New York courtroom to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack.
‘I thought he had punched me’: Novelist Salman 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.
State Police Investigator Recounts Interview with Salman Rushdie Attacker During Friday's Trial Testimony
Feb. 14 marked the anniversary of the 1989 fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie by Iran’s Ayatollah. It was also the fourth day of testimony in the trial of Hadi Matar, the New Jersey man accused of stabbing the renowned author at the Chautauqua Institution in August 2022.
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
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.
Salman Rushdie Relived His Stabbing Attack in Court Testimony
Salman Rushdie appeared in court on Tuesday to testify in the trial of the man who is accused of trying to murder him onstage at a talk in western New York in 2022. “It occurred to me that I was dying.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
'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 ...