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Attacker who stabbed author Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison

Lawyers for New Jersey man Hadi Matar said they planned to appeal the sentence, which was the maximum possible.

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Lawyers to deliver closing arguments in the trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie

Lawyers are set to deliver their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a western New York lecture stage

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie’s attacker came ‘dangerously close to committing murder’ during frenzied stabbing, court hears

Hadi Matar, 27, was heard saying ‘Free Palestine’ as he entered court in Chautauqua Lake, New York

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Salman Rushdie's stabbing trial begins with precarious jury selection

Hadi Matar faces charges of attempted murder and assault

The Independent UK

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

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

Man Charged With Terrorism Counts In Rushdie Stabbing Case

Man charged with federal terrorism-related counts for stabbing Salman Rushdie in August 2022. Defense maintains innocence.

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Salman Rushdie's alleged assailant won't see author's private notes before trial

A New York judge has ruled that author Salman Rushdie does not have to turn over private notes about his stabbing to the man charged with attacking him

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

Trial of Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker faces potential delay over author’s memoir

Salman Rushdie was stabbed around 12 times at the Chautauqua Institution after a man rushed on stage

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie memoir about stabbing could delay accused attacker’s trial

Judge says Hadi Matar, who pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charge after Rushdie was stabbed on stage in 2022, is entitled to see manuscript for trial preparation

The Guardian - UK

Trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie may be delayed until author's memoir is published

Salman Rushdie’s plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to begin next week

The Independent UK

Prosecutors in Rushdie attack want delay to review evidence

The criminal case against the man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie involves so much potential evidence that prosecutors say they need more time to review it

The Independent UK

Man accused of attacking Sir Salman Rushdie pleads not guilty

Judge David Foley refused to grant Hadi Matar, 24, bail.

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WEKU

A judge denies bail for the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

The Chautauqua County district attorney said that Hadi Matar stabbed the author a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Salman Rushdie on ‘road to recovery’

The announcement from his agent followed news the lauded writer was removed from a ventilator Saturday and able to talk and joke.

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie ‘road to recovery has begun’ but ‘will be long,’ agent says

Author is off ventilator and able to talk after suffering stab wounds to his neck, stomach, eye, chest and thigh in New York attack

WEKU

Salman Rushdie remains in critical condition, his son says

The author is recovering, but it will be a long process, those close to him say. His injuries include a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye.

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The Independent UK

Sir Salman Rushdie’s feisty sense of humour remains intact, family says

Sir Salman’s son Zafar said the author had been taken off a ventilator.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie 'on the road to recovery,' agent says

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author is “on the road to recovery” two days after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York

Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie's agent gives update as author comes off ventilator after attack

Sir Salman Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US - the author's agent Andrew Wylie had earlier said he could lose an eye after the attack

The National (Scotland)

Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator and talking after stabbing in US

SALMAN Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US.

Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie had two police officers guarding him - but crowd tackled knifeman

Sir Salman Rushdie, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, 65 miles from Buffalo in New York state, when he was attacked

Asharq Al-Awsat

Salman Rushdie ‘On the Road to Recovery,’ Agent Says

Salman Rushdie is "on the road to recovery," his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of "The Satanic Verses" suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. The announcement followed news that the lauded writer was removed from a ventilator Saturday and able…

Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie off ventilator, 'talking and joking' after on-stage knife attack

The celebrated author, 75, was attacked while speaking at an event in New York state and may have lost an eye but is recovering

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