Nation Jul 29 Man convicted in terrorism trial over 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Nation Jul 23 Author Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of man convicted of stabbing him 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 that nearly killed him. By John Wawrow, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Nation May 16 Man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison During the trial, the 77-year-old author was the key witness, describing how he believed he was dying when a masked attacker plunged a knife into his head and body more than a dozen times as he was being introduced at… By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press
Nation Feb 21 New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in stabbing of Salman Rushdie A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press
Arts Jul 24 Author Salman Rushdie's attacker charged with supporting militant group Hezbollah A three-count indictment unsealed in federal court in Buffalo on Wednesday charges Hadi Matar with attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah, a militant group based in Lebanon and backed by Iran. By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press
Apr 23 Watch 7:56 Salman Rushdie reflects on attack that changed his life in new memoir 'Knife' By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie, one of the world’s best-known writers, was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife. Rushdie has written of that harrowing day and all that’s followed in a new book. He… Continue watching
Jun 25 Hundreds of authors, including Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed endorse anti-censorship initiative By Associated Press Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed, Carl Hiassen and Ibram X. Kendi are among hundreds of authors who have endorsed the announcement by the American Library Association and the Association of American Publishers. Continue reading
May 16 Salman Rushdie warns free speech under threat By Associated Press Rushdie, 75, was blinded in one eye and suffered nerve damage to his hand when he was attacked at a literary festival in New York state in August. Continue reading
Oct 28 Financial sanctions for organization that targeted author Salman Rushdie By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that put a bounty on the head of British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event. Continue reading
Oct 23 Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand after August stabbing, agent says By Associated Press Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York,… Continue reading