Opening Statements Begin in Attempted Murder Trial of 26-Year-Old Accused of Stabbing Author Salman Rushdie

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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. Shortly after the author took the stage and sat down, Mr. Matar ran up to Mr. Rushdie and stabbed him roughly 10 times, according to officials and video of the attack.

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Salman Rushdie Attempted Murder Trial Set to Begin

The trial of the man who viciously stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie on a stage in New York in 2022, leaving him partially blind in one eye, is set to begin Monday at a county court in New York.

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Accused Salman Rushdie stabber Hati Matar says ‘Free Palestine’ as he heads into court

The radical accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie blurted “Free Palestine” as he walked into the courtroom on Monday. Hati Matar, the 26-year-old New Jersey man who allegedly tried to kill the writer in upstate New York in 2022, made the statement as he walked by reporters at the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York — but otherwise remained quiet.

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Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar. Matar is accused of trying to fatally stab Rushdie in front of a lecture audience. The attack left Rushdie partially blind and with permanent damage to one hand. The Indian-born British-American author detailed the attack in a memoir.

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Accused Salman Rushdie attacker ambles into NY court as trial kicks off

Hati Matar, a 26-year-old from New Jersey who allegedly nearly killed Rushdie, wore a blue button-up shirt, black pants — and handcuffs — as he entered the courtroom in tiny Mayville. Judge David Foley told the court that once the jury is chosen, the trial should last a week to 10 days.

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Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

Matar, 27, of Fairview, New Jersey, is charged with attempted murder and assault. Matar was in court throughout the three-day process, taking notes and consulting with his attorneys. The trial is expected to last a week to 10 days and will include video and photos from the day of the attack.

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Trial to begin of man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie

Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old man from New Jersey, is facing charges of attempted murder and assault. The attack, which was captured on video, took place at the historic Chautauqua Institute in northwestern New York. Mr Rushdie was stabbed at least once in the neck and in the abdomen, authorities said.

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Upstate NY trial begins for radical accused of stabbing ‘Satanic Verses’ author Salman Rushdie

Jury selection for the trial of Salman Rushdie begins Tuesday. He is accused of stabbing a man to death at an event in New York in 2012. The victim was left blind in one eye and suffering from nerve and liver damage. The trial is expected to last two weeks.

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Trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie to begin

Trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie to begin in New York. Sir Salman, 77, is expected to give evidence during the trial. He was stabbed more than a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, leaving him partially blind and with permanent damage to one hand.

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Salman Rushdie Recounts Brutal Stabbing, Fearing for His Life

Salman Rushdie testifies at the trial of Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing him in 2022. The 77-year-old author says he felt "a sense of great pain and shock" after the attack. Matar has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault.

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Salman Rushdie attacker trial live: Satanic Verses author to face Hadi Matar in court

Hadi Matar, from New Jersey, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault. The 27-year-old said ‘free Palestine’ as he entered the court in Mayville, New York on Monday. Sir Salman, 77, has previously imagined confronting his attacker in his memoir Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder.

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Salman Rushdie gives evidence in court as author gives evidence against alleged knife attacker

Salman Rushdie gives evidence in court as author gives evidence against alleged knife attacker. The 77-year-old author was blinded in one eye during the 2022 attack. Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with attempted murder and assault for attacking Rushdie as he was preparing to give a speech.

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Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock and pain as a stranger repeatedly stabbed him on stage

Rushdie recalls feeling “a sense of great pain and shock, and aware of the fact that there was an enormous quantity of blood that I was lying in" Rushdie said he first thought his knife-wielding attacker was striking him with a fist. “He was hitting me repeatedly. Hitting and slashing,” he said.

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Salman Rushdie reveals first words after he was taken off ventilator

Hadi Matar, 27, is charged with attempted murder and assault for attacking Rushdie as he was preparing to give a speech in August 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.

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Jury hears details of New York knife attack on Rushdie

Jury hears details of knife attack on Salman Rushdie. He was stabbed 15 times, blinding his right eye and damaging his liver and intestines. Rushdie spent most of the 1990s in hiding after receiving death threats over his novel The Satanic Verses. He is due to appear in court again next month.

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