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

A trial has begun for Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie at a 2022 event, leaving the author permanently blind in one eye.
Matar has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charges, while also facing separate federal terrorism charges.
Salman Rushdie is expected to testify during the trial, which coincides with the 36th anniversary of the fatwa calling for his death.
Matar's defense faced challenges as his lawyer was hospitalized, but the judge refused to postpone the trial's opening statements.

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Sydney Morning Herald

‘Dangerously close to committing murder’: Court hears details of attack on Salman Rushdie

Such was the speed and shock of the frenzied stabbing attack that the author continued to sit in his chair in front of his audience.

12 days ago·Sydney, Australia

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France24

Suspect in Salman Rushdie knife attack goes on trial in upstate New York

Jurors heard on Monday how an attacker stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times in a matter of seconds at a New York lecture, during the trial of the man accused of trying to murder the author. The attack left Rushdie blind in one eye.

12 days ago·France

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ABC Australia

Salman Rushdie's accused attacker on trial in New York courtroom

The author, who survived the stabbing in 2022, is due to appear in court as the trial gets underway this week.

12 days ago·Australia

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Irish Independent

Salman Rushdie was too stunned to react when a man started to stab him, court hears

Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the author didn't even try to fight back, a prosecutor has said during opening statements in the suspect's attempted murder trial.

12 days ago·Ireland

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The New Arab

NY jury hears attacker 'close' to killing Salman Rushdie

Prosecutors in the trial of the man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie told jurors Monday that the author came "dangerously close" to dying in a frenzied assault that left him blind in one eye. Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old Lebanese-American , is charged with attempted murder and assault over the August 12, 2022 attack at an arts event in western New York state. Matar is accused of stabbing Rushdie about 10 times with a knife, leaving him in grave …

12 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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RTÉ

Jury hears detail of knife attack on Salman Rushdie

Jurors have heard how a knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie unfolded in a matter of seconds at a 2022 New York lecture and how close he came to death, in the prosecutor's opening statement at the trial of the man accused of trying to murder the author.

12 days ago·Ireland

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