1 day ago · Hadi Matar, center, stands at the defense table with his attorneys before the start of the second day of his trial at the Chautauqua County Courthouse, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Mayville, N.Y. Matar is charged with stabbing famed author Salman Rushdie. (AP …

16 hours ago · Hadi Matar is accused of stabbing the acclaimed British-Indian author at least a dozen times onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York state on August 12, 2022, as he prepared to ...

2 days ago · Hadi Matar is charged with attempted murder in the attack, which took place in 2022 as Mr. Rushdie was about to speak at an arts conference in western New York. By Alyce McFadden and Chelsia Rose ...

1 day ago · Hadi Matar, who is on trial for the knife attack against the British author, has also been accused of supporting terrorism and attempting to carry out a fatwa calling for Rushdie's assassination.

Rushdie, an Indian-born British-American, has been threatened with death since 1989, a year after the publication of his novel The Satanic Verses, when the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa calling for his assassination and set a …

Feb 4, 2025 · Hadi Matar is charged with attempted murder and assault over the August 2022 incident that left Mr Rushdie blind in one eye. Mr Matar, 27, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Jun 4, 2024 · The trial of Hadi Matar, the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie, is scheduled to begin on September 9, according to the prosecutor’s office and Matar’s defense attorney.

Jul 24, 2024 · BUFFALO, NY – 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 act of terrorism transcending national boundaries and providing material support to terrorists.

Jan 3, 2024 · Matar, 26, who lived in Fairview, New Jersey, has been held without bail since prosecutors said he stabbed Rushdie more than a dozen times after rushing the stage at the Chautauqua Institution where the author was about to speak in August 2022.

May 10, 2024 · Hadi Matar, 26, has been held without bail since his 2022 arrest, immediately after allegedly attacking the internationally acclaimed writer in front of a stunned audience he was about to address at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.