Salman Rushdie gave emotional testimony in court about the near-fatal stabbing that changed his life, recounting the attack as the man accused of carrying it out faces a terrorism-related trial. Four years after the assault on an amphitheater stage, the author described the ambush from the witness stand in Buffalo.
According to the case summary, Rushdie told jurors how the attack unfolded in front of an audience and left him with devastating injuries. His account focused on the violence of the stabbing itself, as well as the lasting physical damage he suffered.
Rushdie also spoke about the long and difficult recovery that followed. His testimony highlighted the medical and personal toll of surviving such a public attack, underscoring how the incident continued to affect him years later.
The courtroom appearance placed Rushdie face-to-face once again with Hadi Matar, the attacker already convicted in the stabbing case and now confronting federal terrorism-related proceedings. The testimony brought renewed attention to one of the most shocking attacks on a literary figure in recent years.
