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Salman Rushdie testifies at terrorism trial of the man convicted of stabbing him
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Salman Rushdie testified at the terrorism trial of Hadi Matar, who was convicted of stabbing him in 2022.
Rushdie described feeling a punch under his chin before realizing he was being stabbed on stage.
The attack blinded Rushdie in one eye and caused other severe injuries, including liver damage and severed arm nerves.
Federal prosecutors claim Matar acted on an Iranian leader's 1989 death threat over Rushdie's novel 'The Satanic Verses'.
Matar has pleaded not guilty to federal terrorism charges; he was already convicted of state attempted murder.
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