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Jurors watch video showing a man stabbing Salman Rushdie as onlookers gasp in horror
It's not clear in the video that Rushdie has been stabbed, but a voice appearing to call 911 is heard relaying what happened. “Someone's been stabbed, severely," the male voice says. “Salman ...
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Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock and pain as an attacker repeatedly stabbed him on stage
M AYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — With a mix of humor and graphic detail, Salman Rushdie calmly told a jury Tuesday about the frenzied moments in August 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in ...
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Prosecutor says Salman Rushdie was too stunned to react when a man started to stab him
M AYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — 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 said Monday ...
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The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie is going on trial. The author will take the stand
MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — In 2022, Salman Rushdie was about to deliver a lecture before a live audience in western New York when a man ran towards him and plunged a knife into the author’s hand as ...
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Salman Rushdie’s Assailant Found Guilty of Attempted Murder
MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors delivered the verdict ...
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Salman Rushdie’s attacker came ‘dangerously close to committing murder’ during frenzied stabbing, court hears
A New York court has heard how Salman Rushdie was stabbed repeatedly in a frenzied 2022 assault by an attacker who came “dangerously close to committing murder”. Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old ...
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‘I thought he had punched me’: Novelist Salman Rushdie takes stand in trial of his accused stabber
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 ...
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Salman Rushdie Recounts Brutal Stabbing, Fearing for His Life
Find him on Twitter @GabeWhisnant. Author Salman Rushdie vividly recounted the harrowing moments in 2022 when a masked assailant charged at him onstage, repeatedly stabbing him and leaving him ...
Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie is found guilty of attempted murder
A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York ...
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Author Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock as an attacker repeatedly stabbed him on stage
With a mix of humor and graphic detail, Salman Rushdie calmly told a jury Tuesday about the frenzied moments in August 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in western New York and ...
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Man Who Stabbed Salman Rushdie Is Found Guilty of Attempted Murder
Feb. 21, 2025 A jury in western New York on Friday found a New Jersey man guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of the author Salman Rushdie, which left him partially blind. The conviction of ...