Prosecutors to lay out attempted murder case against man accused of Salman Rushdie attack
Hadi Matar has pleaded not guilty to attacking the British author with a knife while he was on stage at a festival in 2022Prosecutors are to lay out their framework of their case against Hadi Matar, the man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie, on Monday in a case that has attracted the world’s media to the small town of Mayville in western New York state.Matar, a 27-year-old Lebanese-American, is facing charges of attempted murder and assault in the stabbing attack on the author on stage at an arts festival in August 2022. The 77-year-old Rushdie was grievously injured in the attack and lost sight in one eye. Continue reading...
Hadi Matar has pleaded not guilty to attacking the British author with a knife while he was on stage at a festival in 2022
Prosecutors are to lay out their framework of their case against Hadi Matar, the man accused of attacking author Salman Rushdie, on Monday in a case that has attracted the world’s media to the small town of Mayville in western New York state.
Matar, a 27-year-old Lebanese-American, is facing charges of attempted murder and assault in the stabbing attack on the author on stage at an arts festival in August 2022. The 77-year-old Rushdie was grievously injured in the attack and lost sight in one eye. Continue reading...
