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Trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie underway; Rushdie expected to testify

Headline from The Oregonian, from the development of Feb 10, 2025

Newest development Feb 11, 2025 · 4 reports‘I thought he had punched me": Novelist Salman Rushdie takes stand in trial of his accused stabber

Rushdie had been about to speak at a public event in August 2022 when he was attacked on stage and stabbed more than a dozen times.

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    Trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie underway; Rushdie expected to testify

    Headline from The Oregonian ·

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    ‘I thought he had punched me": Novelist Salman Rushdie takes stand in trial of his accused stabber

    Headline from Local News 8 ·

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  1. The Oregonian

    Trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie underway; Rushdie expected to testify (opens The Oregonian)

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    The Oregonian's feed description

    Rushdie had been about to speak at a public event in August 2022 when he was attacked on stage and stabbed more than a dozen times.

  2. The Guardian

    Salman Rushdie trial: accused came ‘dangerously close to murder’, court hears (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Prosecutors begin case against Hadi Matar, charged with attempted murder and assault over festival attack in 2022

  3. Deutsche Welle

    Salman Rushdie attempted murder trial set to begin – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Jurors will be shown photos and videos from the day of the 2022 attack, when a man rushed onstage at a literary conference in New York and attacked acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie.

  4. New York Times

    Man Accused of Stabbing Salman Rushdie Goes on Trial (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    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.

  5. NPR

    Salman Rushdie wrote about his attempted murder. Now he will face his attacker in court (opens NPR)

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    Hadi Matar, who is on trial for the knife attack against the British author, has also been accused of supporting terrorism and attempting to carry out a fatwa calling for Rushdie's assassination.

  6. Local News 8

    ‘I thought he had punched me": Novelist Salman Rushdie takes stand in trial of his accused stabber (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    Story by Reuters Mayville, New York (Reuters) — The novelist Salman Rushdie showed a jury his blinded right eye on Tuesday as he testified against the man charged with trying to murder him at a talk at a rural New York venue in 2022. Hadi Matar, 26, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree

  7. The Guardian

    Salman Rushdie set to testify in trial of man accused of trying to murder him (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Author, 77, to take stand in trial of Hadi Matar, 27, after prosecution alleges suspect came close to killing him

  8. KESQ Palm Springs

    ‘I thought he had punched me’: Novelist Salman Rushdie takes stand in trial of his accused stabber (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    KESQ Palm Springs's feed description

    Story by Reuters Mayville, New York (Reuters) — The novelist Salman Rushdie showed a jury his blinded right eye on Tuesday as he testified against the man charged with trying to murder him at a talk at a rural New York venue in 2022. Hadi Matar, 26, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Salman Rushdie attempted murder trial begins – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Jurors will be shown photos and videos from the day of the 2022 attack, when a man rushed onstage at a literary conference in New York and attacked acclaimed novelist Salman Rushdie.

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