I can’t say what his ambitions or his aim was, but the wounds were dispersed across my body,” Rushdie testified.

It was the second time the author described the incident in court, after giving evidence against his attacker during a 2025 trial.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheatre stage, Sir Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Four years after being stabbed on an amphitheater stage, Salman Rushdie sat across a courtroom from his convicted attacker Thursday and told jurors for a second time about the ambush ...

In this courtroom sketch, Salman Rushdie, left, testifies in federal court during the terrorism trial for Hadi Matar, Rushdie's alleged attacker, shown second from bottom left, Thursday, July 23, 2026 ...