Hadi Matar became withdrawn and isolated after a trip to the Middle East to visit his father in 2018, his mother says

Author Salman Rushdie has taken the stand in a New York courtroom to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack.

The novelist Salman Rushdie showed a jury his blinded right eye on Tuesday as he testified against the man charged with trying to murder him at a talk at a rural New York venue in 2022.

Renowned British-Indian author Salman Rushdie testified Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him in 2022 in New York.

Salman Rushdie peeled back a patch covering his damaged right eye as he testified Tuesday against the New Jersey man accused of trying to kill him.

Salman Rushdie provided testimony against Hadi Matar, who is accused of attempting to murder him in a 2022 knife attack. Rushdie described the harrowing incident, recalling the pain and the near-fatal injuries he sustained.

Day two of the trial of Hadi Matar began with author Salman Rushdie taking the stand as the first witness of the day. As the most notable witness in the trial, his testimony drew a packed courtroom with heightened security.

On the witness stand, Salman Rushdie described the frenzied moments when a masked man rushed at him on a stage and repeatedly slashed him with a knife.

Salman Rushdie testified against Hadi Matar, the accused in his 2022 knife attack. Matar, who has pleaded not guilty, faces charges of attempted murder and assault. Rushdie provided a detailed account of the attack and its consequences during the court proceedings.

In his own words, author Salman Rushdie describes the moments when a stranger rushed at him on stage in western New York and began attacking him.

A jury will hear attorneys' opening statements on Monday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York talk. Rushdie is then due to be among the first witnesses to testify at the Chautauqua County Court in Mayville,