Salman Rushdie set to testify in trial of man accused of trying to murder him
Author, 77, to take stand in trial of Hadi Matar, 27, after prosecution alleges suspect came close to killing him
Salman Rushdie is expected to take the stand in the trial of the man accused of attempting to kill him at a literary gathering in western New York in August 2022, more than 35 years after he was first placed under a death warrant by Iranian religious leaders.
Rushdie, 77, has agreed to testify for the prosecution against Hadi Matar, 27, the man accused of assaulting him with a knife as he was about to address an open-air audience on a theme of shelter and home.
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