Salman Rushdie testifies at the terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him

Salman Rushdie testified at the federal terrorism trial of Hadi Matar, the man convicted of stabbing him in 2022. Rushdie described the attack during a Chautauqua Institution event, which left him injured, and emphasized the knife was nearly fatal. Matar, who pleaded not guilty, faces federal charges linked to the 1989 Iranian fatwa against Rushdie for his novel 'The Satanic Verses'.