The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie will soon go on trial. The author will take the stand

Trial begins in NY for Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect, author to take the stand

The trial against the man accused of attempting to murder author Salman Rushdie in a stabbing attack in western New York got underway on Tuesday, with officials saying Rushdie is expected to testify in the coming days. While Hadi Matar, 27, was detained at the scene by bystanders and the attack was caught on video, he still rejected a plea deal and pleaded not guilty to all charges. Jury selection began Tuesday in Chautauqua County Court in Mayv…

Man charged with stabbing Rushdie at Chautauqua Institution is going on trial

MAYVILLE — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as he raised it in self-defense.

Man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie goes on trial; author to take stand

MAYVILLE, NEW YORK — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran toward him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as he raised it in self-defense. “After that there are many blows, to my neck, to my chest, to my eye, everywhere,” Rushdie recalled in a memoir that followed. “I feel my legs give way, and I fall.” In the coming weeks, Rushdie is expected to return to the same…

Salman Rushdie: ‘My story is about beauty facing death’

Wearing a black patch over his right eye, Salman Rushdie walked onto the stage at the Cartagena Convention Center in Colombia for the 20th edition of the Hay Festival. The famed author and essayist was a guest of honor of the festival in 2009 and 2018, but had never come to the event to talk about how close he came to death.Seguir leyendo

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie is going on trial, author is set to testify

Rushdie is expected to be one of the first witnesses in the trial of Hadi Matar, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault

Rushdie stabbing trial begins with jury selection

Dual US-Lebanon citizen Hadi Matar has pleaded not guilty to charges related to stabbing attack