Trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie begins with jury selection
Hadi Matar, 26, has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree attempted murder and second-degree assault
The trial of the man charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York lecture is due to begin on Tuesday with jury selection.
Hadi Matar, 26, can be seen in cellphone videos rushing the stage at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York in August 2022 as Rushdie was being introduced to the audience. Rushdie, 77, was stabbed with a knife multiple times in an attack that led to the loss of his right eye and damaged his liver.
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