Opening statements set in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

By Associated Press

Feb 10, 2025 3:29 pm

MAYVILLE, New York — Lawyers are scheduled to deliver opening statements Monday at the trial of the man charged with trying to fatally stab author Salman Rushdie in front of a lecture audience in western New York.

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar, bringing the writer face-to-face with his knife-wielding attacker for the first time in more than two years.

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