Author Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock

Witnesses describe wordless knife attack on Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author
Jurors heard how a knife attack on novelist Salman Rushdie unfolded in a matter of seconds at a 2022 New York talk and how close he came to death, in the prosecutor's opening statement on Monday at the trial of the man accused of trying to murder the author.
Author Salman Rushdie testifies about his shock as an attacker repeatedly stabbed him on stage
Author Salman Rushdie described the frenzied moments when a masked man rushed at him on a stage and repeatedly slashed him with a knife.
Man injured with Salman Rushdie in WNY stabbing says he thought it was ‘prank’ at first
The man said once he realized it wasn't a prank he tried to stop the attack, and ended up with a gash over his eye.
Salman Rushdie tells court he thought he was dying after stabbing
The author says he felt like he was lying in "a lake of blood" after he was attacked on stage in New York state.
‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies Against Alleged Assailant In Harrowing Detail
It was the first time that the author had come face-to-face with the suspect since the 2022 stabbing, which left him blind in one eye.
Excerpts from Salman Rushdie's court testimony about a harrowing attack
Author Salman Rushdie testified Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of attacking him with a knife just after he took his seat for a panel discussion at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.
Sir Salman Rushdie trial: Injured man ‘initially thought attack was a prank’
Henry Reese is co-founder of City of Asylum Pittsburgh, part of a network providing refuge for persecuted writers that Sir Salman inspired.
'Knife' by Salman Rushdie: Author refuses to be silenced once again
Salman Rushdie has been getting death threats for more than 35 years. The Indian-born British-American novelist sparked outrage with his book "The Satanic Verses" in 1988. It was declared blasphemous by many Muslims,
Salman Rushdie Testifies at Trial of Man Accused of Stabbing Him: 'I Was Screaming Because of the Pain'
The Satanic Verses author was left blind in one eye after a 24-year-old man allegedly stormed the stage and attacked him at a ...
Upstate NY trial begins for radical accused of stabbing ‘Satanic Verses’ author Salman Rushdie
Hadi Mater, 26, is due to go on trial Tuesday for the 2022 stabbing of ‘The Satanic Verses’ author Salman Rushdie, who is ...
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Salman Rushdie stabbing trial: Excerpts from Satanic Verses author’s testimony about harrowing knife attack
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Jurors watch video showing a man stabbing Salman Rushdie as onlookers gasp in horror
Jurors have watched videos showing Salman Rushdie being repeatedly stabbed on a stage in western New York while audience ...
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'The Satanic Verses' author Rushdie says stabbing left him in a 'lake of blood'
Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie described being left in a "lake of blood" after a frenzied knife attack that left ...
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Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker's trial provokes new fear of terror | Opinion
Hadi Matar, a New Jersey man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie, is now on trial. The case spans the history of modern terrorism.
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Salman Rushdie, 'The Satanic Verses' author, to face attacker in attempted murder trial
Rushdie has faced death threats since the 1988 publication of his novel "The Satanic Verses." Rushdie has published a memoir about the attack and his lengthy recuperation in which he imagines ...
Witnesses recall horrifying moment Salman Rushdie was stabbed on first day of suspect Hadi Matar’s trial
The radical accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie blurted “Free Palestine” as he walked into the courtroom on Monday.
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Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ hits Indian bookshelves after bureaucratic blunder
As Salman Rushdie’s stabbing trial in the US grabs international headlines, bookstores in the author’s native India are now selling “The Satanic Verses”, almost four decades after banning it. The ...