Excerpts from Salman Rushdie’s court testimony about a harrowing attack
In his own words, author Salman Rushdie describes the moments when a stranger rushed at him on stage in western New York and began attacking him.
Salman Rushdie takes the stand in trial of his attacker
Salman Rushdie took the witness stand Tuesday in the attempted murder trial against his accused attacker, Hadi Matar. CBS News New York's Jessica Moore.
Salman Rushdie testifies at trial of NJ man accused of stabbing attack
Salman Rushdie peeled back a patch covering his damaged right eye as he testified Tuesday against the New Jersey man accused of trying to kill him.
Salman Rushdie Faces Attacker in Court: A Dramatic Testimony
Salman Rushdie provided testimony against Hadi Matar, who is accused of attempting to murder him in a 2022 knife attack. Rushdie described the harrowing incident, recalling the pain and the near-fatal injuries he sustained.
Salman Rushdie testifies in trial for the man charged with stabbing him
Salman Rushdie took the stand during the second day of testimony at the trial of Hadi Matar, the man accused of trying the kill him. (AP video: Mike Householder)
Author Salman Rushdie Takes Stand on Day 2 of Hadi Matar Trial
Day two of the trial of Hadi Matar began with author Salman Rushdie taking the stand as the first witness of the day. As the most notable witness in the trial, his testimony drew a packed courtroom with heightened security.
Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' Author, to Face Attacker in Attempted Murder Trial
Rushdie, who was raised in a Muslim Kashmiri family, went into hiding under the protection of British police in 1989 after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Iran's supreme leader,
Author Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock as an attacker repeatedly stabbed him on stage
On the witness stand, Salman Rushdie described the frenzied moments when a masked man rushed at him on a stage and repeatedly slashed him with a knife.
Witnesses describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
Jurors heard on Monday how an attacker stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times in a matter of seconds at a New York lecture, during the trial of the man accused of trying to murder the author.
Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock and pain as a stranger repeatedly stabbed him on stage
Salman Rushdie described in graphic detail Tuesday the frenzied moments in 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in ...
‘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 ...
Hadi Matar: Who is the New Jersey man charged with attempted murder of Salman Rushdie?
Hadi Matar became withdrawn and isolated after a trip to the Middle East to visit his father in 2018, his mother says ...
Writer Salman Rushdie testifies in New York trial about his attempted murder in 2022
Renowned British-Indian author Salman Rushdie testified Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him in ...
'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 ...
Testimony in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie heads into second day
Jurors in the trial of Hadi Matar, 27, on Monday heard from staffers at the arts institution where Rushdie was set to give a ...