Author Salman Rushdie, who was attacked on a New York lecture stage in 2022, testified in the trial of Hadi Matar, the man accused of stabbing him. Rushdie described the attack and his efforts to stop the assailant, highlighting the actions of bystanders who aided him. Matar has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault.
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It took several stitches to close the cut, Henry Reese, 75, told jurors during the third day of testimony in thedescribed being the target of the unprovoked and near fatal stabbing that began as he and Reese sat down for an armchair conversation as part of the Chautauqua Institution's daily summer lecture series.
Rushdie, the author of “Midnight’s Children” and “Victory City,” spent years in hiding after the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called for his death with afollowing the publication of Rushdie’s novel “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous. But after Iran announced that it would not enforce the decree, Rushdie had traveled freely over the past quarter century.
The current trial is expected to last at least through next week. Since Monday, jurors also have heard from employees of the Chautauqua Institution and others who either witnessed the attack or immediate aftermath.
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