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Man Accused of Stabbing Salman Rushdie Goes on Trial

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.

The New York Times - Feb. 10

Trial to begin of man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie

A 27-year-old man faces a jury trial in New York state, where Mr Rushdie is expected to testify.

BBC News - Feb. 10

Hundreds join Sheffield march for boy fatally stabbed at school

March in tribute to Harvey Willgoose, 15, a Sheffield United fan, ends at club’s Bramall Lane stadium. Hundreds of people joined a march in tribute to 15-year-old Harvey Willgoose, who died after ...

The Guardian - Feb. 8

Parents of stabbed schoolboy Harvey Willgoose lead hundreds in march

Some people wore red and white, while others carried balloons in the same colours or held banners.

BBC News - Feb. 8

2 arrested in brutal stabbing death of Fort Campbell soldier

U.S. Army soldier Katia Dueñas Aguilar was stabbed nearly 70 times last year in her home in Tennessee.

CBS News - Feb. 8

Opening statements begin in trial of man who allegedly stabbed Salman Rushdie

The trial of the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie is underway. The 77-year-old author was stabbed more than a dozen times back in August 2022 while speaking in front of a live ...

CBS News - Feb. 10

Teacher stabs 8-year-old girl to death at school in South Korea

The teacher confessed to the crime after police officers found her and the young girl with stab wounds at the elementary school, local media reported.

CBS News - Feb. 10

Teacher fatally stabs eight-year-old in South Korea

The country's acting president has ordered an investigation into the incident in the city of Daejeon.

BBC News - Feb. 11

South Korean teacher admits to stabbing girl to death, police say

A teacher at a South Korean elementary school has admitted to stabbing a 7-year-old girl who later died in hospital, a police official said Tuesday.

NBC News - Feb. 11

South Korean elementary-school teacher questioned over fatal stabbing of pupil

South Korean police are questioning an elementary-school teacher in connection with the fatal stabbing of a pupil in the city of Daejeon

ABC News - Feb. 11

Salman Rushdie tells court he thought he was dying after stabbing

The author says he felt like he was lying in "a lake of blood" after he was attacked on stage in New York state.

BBC News - Feb. 11

Salman Rushdie testifies that he feared he was dying during stabbing attack

Salman Rushdie described in graphic detail Tuesday the frenzied moments in 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in western New York and repeatedly slashed him with a knife, leaving him ...

NBC News - Feb. 11

‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies About Terrifying Stabbing Attack

The author recounted in vivid testimony the moment when an attacker stabbed him about 15 times as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

The New York Times - Feb. 11

I was with Salman Rushdie when he was stabbed. The ‘reader effect’ saved us

Reading fiction fosters empathy in a polarized world. I’ve learned how arts organizations can do the same. On 12 August 2022, I was about to begin interviewing Salman Rushdie at the Chautauqua ...

The Guardian - 5d

Austria stabbing that killed teenager was Islamist attack, minister says

Targeting of passersby in southern city of Villach had ‘IS connections’, says interior minister. A stabbing that left a teenager dead and five others injured in southern Austria was an Islamist ...

The Guardian - 4d

Suspect in fatal stabbing in Austria had an 'Islamic terror motive,' officials say

A 23-year-old man stabbed five passersby in southern Austria on Saturday in what police said was a random attack that left a 14-year-old dead and four others injured.

NBC News - 4d

Family members convicted of fatally stabbing woman in "honor killing"

Four men were sentenced to 25 years for the "honor killing" of a woman stabbed to death in broad daylight in front of her three-year-old daughter.

CBS News - 14h

Salman Rushdie tells stabbing trial: ‘It occurred to me quite clearly I was dying’

Author says ‘I was screaming because of the pain’ in trial of man accused of trying to kill him. Salman Rushdie took the stand in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him at a ...

The Guardian - Feb. 11

NYC art dealer's fatal stabbing was murder-for-hire plotted by estranged husband, officials say

A New York man was indicted Tuesday for allegedly hiring someone to kill his estranged husband, a wealthy art dealer, who was found brutally stabbed in Brazil last year.

NBC News - 6d

WATCH: 2nd 'Slender Man stabbing' assailant Morgan Geyser granted conditional release

Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 when Geyser stabbed Payton Leutner 19 times. A judge ruled this week that Geyser should get a conditional release. Weier got one in 2021.

ABC News - 2d

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