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Salman Rushdie Relived His Stabbing Attack in Court Testimony
“It occurred to me that I was dying,” the author recalled.
Salman Rushdie appeared in court on Tuesday to testify in the trial of the man who is accused of trying to murder him on stage at a talk in western New York in 2022. At one point, Rushdie took off his glasses to show the jury “what’s left of” his eye, noting that there’s “no vision [in it] at all.” According to The Guardian, Rushdie also recalled struggling to get away, holding a hand up in self-defense, and being “stabbed through that.” During cross-examination, he agreed that false memories can exist, noting that he initially thought he had stood up to face his assailant — even though he actually remained seated. Matar is set to face a separate trial on federal terrorism charges, however, with an indictment alleging that his motives were connected to a terrorist organization’s endorsement of Khomeini’s fatwa.
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