Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man started to stab him on a stage in western New York that the acclaimed author didn’t even try to fight back, a prosecutor said Monday during opening statements in the attacker’s attempted murder trial.
Hadi Matar, right, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, sits in Chautauqua County court during the first day of jury selection in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.
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