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The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests

Matar declined to testify in his defense during his trial for stabbing Salman Rushdie, as his lawyers rested without calling witnesses.
Prosecutors concluded seven days of witness testimony, which included testimony from Rushdie himself.
Matar, 27, faces attempted murder and assault charges related to the 2022 attack on Rushdie.
Matar is also facing separate charges in U.S. District Court for attempting to provide support to Hezbollah.

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Deutschlandfunk

USA - Defendant in the Salman Rushdie trial does not want to testify

In the trial of the stabbing attack on the writer Salman Rushdie, the defendant refused to testify.

11 hours ago·Germany

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Le Monde

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take stand as defense rests

Hadi Matar, 27, is on trial in western New York on charges of attempted murder and assault. In court, his lawyers sought to challenge prosecution witnesses to cast doubt on whether Matar intended to kill, and not just injure, author Salmon Rushdie, 77, in 2022.

17 hours ago·Paris, France

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castanet.net

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests - Entertainment News

The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses.

19 hours ago·Kelowna, Canada

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Arab News

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand

MAYVILLE, N.Y.: The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. “No, I do not,” Hadi Matar, 27, said when asked by Chautauqua County Judge David Foley whether he wished to take the stand. Earlier Thursday, prosecutors called a forensics expert

20 hours ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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