Salman Rushdie was speaking at a literary festival in western New York state when Hadi Matar, then 24, stormed the stage and ...

It was the first time since the stabbing that the 77-year-old author came face-to-face with the man accused of trying to kill him.

Salman Rushdie took the witness stand Tuesday in the attempted murder trial against his accused attacker​, Hadi Matar.

Salman Rushdie’s attacker was convicted Friday of attempted murder for repeatedly stabbing the famed author in a bloody horror that left him blind in one eye. Hadi Matar, 26, was found guilty by ...

Outspoken author Salman Rushdie today revealed the first words he spoke after he was taken off a ventilator following a near-fatal knife attack, as he took the stand in a New York courtroom to ...

Feb. 21, 2025 A jury in western New York on Friday found a New Jersey man guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of the author Salman Rushdie, which left him partially blind. The conviction of ...

The man accused of attempting to murder Sir Salman Rushdie was seen smiling and laughing after his second day in court in which the Booker Prize winning author took to the stand. Hadi Matar ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — With a mix of humor and graphic detail, Salman Rushdie calmly told a jury Tuesday about the frenzied moments in August 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in western ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors delivered the verdict ...

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. Jurors, who deliberated for less ...

Hadi Matar had pleaded not guilty to charges in the 2022 attack. A jury has convicted a New Jersey man for attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie while the author ...