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.
Rushdie tells court about stabbing attack: 'I thought he had punched me'
The trial of a man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie will begin in a New York court this morning. Hadi Matar allegedly sprinted on stage at an event in upstate New York in August 2022 and stabbed the acclaimed British-American writer at least 10 times.
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.
Prosecutor says Salman Rushdie was too stunned to react when a man started to stab him
A prosecutor says 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.
‘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.
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
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.
‘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 Attacker Says 'Free Palestine' as He Enters Court
Salman Rushdie is expected to testify during the trial, marking the first time he will face his alleged attacker.
Trial witness identifies Rushdie stabbing suspect as being responsible
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Henry Reese is co-founder of City of Asylum Pittsburgh, part of a network providing refuge for persecuted writers that Sir Salman inspired.
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Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock and pain as a stranger repeatedly stabbed him on stage
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie described in graphic ... in Mayville, N.Y. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) Rushdie was blinded in one eye in the attack. He spent 17 days at a Pennsylvania ...
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Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022
Author Salman Rushdie has taken the stand in a New York courtroom to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a ...