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Trial of Salman Rushdie attacker to launch with tricky jury selection

Hadi Matar accused of attempted murder after repeatedly stabbing the author on stage in 2022 in the United States.

Al Jazeera

The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie will soon go on trial. The author will take the stand

The New Jersey man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack is set to stand trial in New York

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie set to testify as attempted murder trial gets under way

Hadi Matar, 26, accused of stabbing author 10 times in case likely to draw world’s media to tiny upstate New York town

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Trial of Salman Rushdie's assailant will remain in the New York county where the stabbing happened

An appellate court has denied a request to move the trial of a New Jersey man charged with attacking author Salman Rushdie with a knife in 2022

The Independent UK

Trial on hold for New Jersey man charged in knife attack that injured Salman Rushdie

The attempted murder trial of the man charged with injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack in New York has been put on hold

The Independent UK

Jurors in trial of Salman Rushdie's attacker likely won't hear about his motive

Jurors who will be picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities have said motivated him to act

The Independent UK

Accused Salman Rushdie Stabber Also Charged with Support for Hezbollah

From a Justice Department press release; Matar is also awaiting trial for attempted murder in New York state court: A grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Hadi Matar, 26, of Fairview, New Jersey, with attempting to provide material support to Hizbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization, engaging in an…

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Rushdie Attacker Indicted On Terrorism Charges

The man accused of trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie has been charged with terrorism for allegedly acting on behalf of Hezbollah, according to documents unsealed Wednesday.

International Business Times

Man Who Attacked Salman Rushdie Faces Terrorism Charge

Hadi Matar faces new terrorism charge for supporting Hezbollah after attacking author Salman Rushdie. Rushdie's memoir recounts the brutal stabbing incident.

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Man Accused Of Stabbing Salman Rushdie Rejects Plea Deal

New Jersey man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie weighs plea deal for reduced sentence and federal charge related to supporting terrorist organization.

The Independent UK

Lawyer for man accused of attacking Salman Rushdie says client doesn't want offered plea deal

The lawyer for the New Jersey man accused of repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie says his client isn't interested in an offered plea deal that would shorten his time in state prison but expose him to federal prison on a separate terrorism-related charge

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie set to be focus of documentary based on ‘Knife’ memoir

Feature-length project will be based on Salman Rushdie’s life and recovery after he was attacked on stage in 2022

Tom’s Guide

How to watch 'Salman Rushdie: Through A Glass Darkly' online from anywhere

"The Satanic Verses" author is now coming to terms with being attacked on stage in the U.S. and how AI has helped him do that — watch online anywhere.

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The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie warns young people against forgetting value of free speech

Author also discusses prospect of second Trump presidency and writing about his stabbing in launch event for his book Knife

The Guardian - UK

‘Why didn’t I fight? Why didn’t I run?’: 10 things we learned from Salman Rushdie’s Knife

The new memoir about the author’s near fatal attack reveals premonitions, PTSD nightmares and being protected by a ‘greater force’

The Guardian - UK

Knife by Salman Rushdie review – a story of hatred defeated by love

A book its author ‘would much rather not have needed to write’ ranges far beyond his attempted murder and recovery

WEKU

5 takeaways from Salman Rushdie's new memoir 'Knife'

Nearly two years after the renowned author was stabbed on stage in Chautauqua, N.Y., Rushdie's new memoir unpacks everything he's been feeling since the attack.

The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t explain it’: Salman Rushdie says his survival in knife attack was a miracle

Despite his lack of faith, the author believes ‘something happened that was not supposed to happen’ on the day he was attacked

The Guardian - UK

‘So it’s you. Here you are’: Salman Rushdie describes moment he was stabbed

In first TV interview since his stabbing, writer tells how knifeman was ‘last thing my right eye would ever see’

The Guardian - UK

Trial of Salman Rushdie’s attacker postponed because of author’s memoir

Rushdie’s book about the incident will be published in April, but the delay ‘will not change the ultimate outcome’ of the trial says district attorney

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