Salman Rushdie testifies at knife attacker's US trial on terrorism charges

Hadi Matar, a 28-year-old Lebanese-American, is alleged to have been motivated by a fatwa that Ayatollah Khomeini issued in 1989 following Rushdie's depiction of a fictionalized Prophet Muhammad in his novel, The Satanic Verses.

Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of man convicted of stabbing him

Author testified for second time about near-killing four years ago during event at New York amphitheater Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie on Thursday sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him. The prize-winning writer recalled feeling what he thought was a punch under his chin, then feeling blood coming from his neck. Continue reading...

By Associated Press

Author Salman Rushdie testifies at terror trial of man who tried to kill him

Prosecutors allege that Hadi Matar was motivated to stab Rushdie in 2022 by a fatwa given by former Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini

By AFP

Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him

The prize-winning author recalled feeling what he thought was a punch under his chin, not realizing at first that he was being stabbed.

Salman Rushdie Testifies At Knife Attacker's US Terror Trial

Novelist Salman Rushdie on Thursday testified at the federal trial of the man who tried to kill him with a knife at a New York cultural center in 2022.

Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of man convicted of stabbing ambush

Rushdie was blinded in his right eye and his left hand was damaged in the attack.