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

Headline from WFMZ Allentown, on the newest of 3 developments

Salman Rushdie has testified for the second time about being stabbed nearly to death four years ago in a western New York amphitheater. The prize-winning author took the witness stand Thursday at Hadi Matar's federal terrorism trial. The 28-year-old Matar…

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  1. Terrorism trial set to open in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

    Headline from WCBD News 2 ·

  2. Terrorism trial opens in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

    Headline from WMUR ·

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

    Headline from WFMZ Allentown ·

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  1. WIVB Buffalo

    Jury selection begins in federal case for man who attacked Salman Rushdie (opens WIVB Buffalo)

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    WIVB Buffalo's feed description

    BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Jury selection is now underway in the federal terrorism trial for Hadi Matar. In February 2025, Matar was convicted for trying to kill author Salman Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution.

  2. WCBD News 2

    Terrorism trial set to open in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie (opens WCBD News 2)

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    BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie is going on trial again, this time in a federal terrorism case that is probing deeper into what allegedly motivated the stabbing on a lecture stage in 2022.

  3. New York Times

    Man Who Attacked Salman Rushdie Faces Terrorism Charges in Federal Trial (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    Mr. Rushdie is expected to testify against Hadi Matar, the man who repeatedly stabbed him in 2022. Mr. Matar’s lawyers argue that he acted on his own, not on behalf of Iran.

  4. The Guardian

    Salman Rushdie attacker faces US terrorism trial (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Hadi Matar, already serving 25 years for attempted murder, denies federal charges that could bring a life sentence The man who stabbed Salman Rushdie in the eye on stage in 2022 is standing trial for a second time – this time facing terrorism charges after being found guilty of attempted murder and …

  5. Jonesboro Sun

    Terrorism trial opens in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie (opens Jonesboro Sun)

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    The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie is on trial again. Prosecutors and defense lawyers gave opening statements Wednesday in Hadi Matar’s federal terrorism trial in Buffalo, New York. The Booker Prize-winning Rushdie is expected to…

  6. HuffPost

    Terrorism Trial Opens In Stabbing Of Salman Rushdie (opens HuffPost)

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    Rushdie, now 79, was repeatedly slashed in front of a horrified audience at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022.

  7. UPI

    Salman Rushdie attacker facing federal terrorism trial in New York (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    The man who rushed a stage to attack author Salman Rushdie will face federal terrorism charges in a trial that began Wednesday in New York.

  8. WFMZ Allentown

    Salman Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Salman Rushdie has testified for the second time about being stabbed nearly to death four years ago in a western New York amphitheater. The prize-winning author took the witness stand Thursday at Hadi Matar's federal terrorism trial. The 28-year-old Matar…

  9. HuffPost

    Salman Rushdie Testifies At Terrorism Trial Of The Man Convicted Of Stabbing Him (opens HuffPost)

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    “I can’t say what his ambitions or his aim was, but the wounds were dispersed across my body,” Rushdie testified.

  10. The Boston Globe

    Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him (opens The Boston Globe)

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    BUFFALO, N.Y. — Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him.

  11. The Guardian

    Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of man convicted of stabbing him (opens The Guardian)

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    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 near…

  12. WFMZ Allentown

    Salman Rushdie testifies at knife attacker's US terror trial (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    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.

  13. PBS NewsHour

    Author Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of man convicted of stabbing him (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush that nearly killed him.

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