Trial Begins: Rushdie takes stand in court to testify against Matar

SALMAN Rushdie described in graphic detail on Tuesday the frenzied moments in 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in western New York and repeatedly slashed him with a knife, leaving him with terrible injuries and fearful he would die.

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Rushdie took the stand during the second day of testimony at the trial of Hadi Matar, 27, who has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault in the attack that also wounded another man.

It was the first time since the stabbing that the 77-year-old author found himself in the same room as the man accused of trying to kill him.