Salman Rushdie, Attack

Man injured alongside Salman Rushdie in 2022 stabbing attack says he thought it was a prank at first
A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage told jurors that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash above his eye.
‘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.
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.
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.
'I was dying:' Salman Rushdie testifies about gruesome stabbing in Chautauqua County
Matar was apprehended on Aug. 12, 2022, after authorities say he rushed the stage of the Chautauqua Institution's amphitheater and repeatedly stabbed Rushdie, 77, and injured Henry Reese, 75, who was on stage with the author.
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.
Excerpts from Salman Rushdie's court testimony about a harrowing attack
Author Salman Rushdie testified Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of attacking him with a knife just after he took his seat for a panel discussion at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.
Salman Rushdie Relived His Stabbing Attack in Court Testimony
Salman Rushdie appeared in court on Tuesday to testify in the trial of the man who is accused of trying to murder him onstage at a talk in western New York in 2022. “It occurred to me that I was dying.
'I thought I was dying' | Recapping Salman Rushdie's testimony at the trial of his alleged attacker
Rushdie called it a "wordless attack" and described slashes to his forehead and neck, as well as a stab wound to his eye.
Sir Salman Rushdie trial: Injured man ‘initially thought attack was a prank’
Henry Reese is co-founder of City of Asylum Pittsburgh, part of a network providing refuge for persecuted writers that Sir Salman inspired.
Writer Salman Rushdie testifies in New York trial about his attempted murder in 2022
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Defense, Prosecution Question Eyewitnesses as Trial of Man Accused of Stabbing Author Salman Rushdie Continues
During cross-examination, the defense questioned whether Reese was certain he had been stabbed or if he could have been ...
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On Stand, Rushdie Tells Of Attack Happening ‘Quickly’
Salman Rushdie wrote a book about being attacked while at Chautauqua Institution. On Tuesday, he recounted that day during a ...
Salman Rushdie ‘assassin’ won’t get fair trial because no Muslims in jury, says lawyer
The man accused of attempting to murder Sir Salman Rushdie cannot receive a fair trial because there are no Muslims in the ...
‘If you liked the book, meet the author...in a book’: Reading Salman Rushdie in good and bad times
Knife isn’t set in Hampi. It was the next Rushdie book I read. It is a painful, and gripping narrative. But it is also ...