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The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests

Hadi Matar did not testify in his defense as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses.
Prosecutors concluded their case with the testimony of a forensics expert after seven days of witness statements, including from Salman Rushdie.
Matar is on trial for attempted murder and assault related to the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, who is now blind in one eye.
Matar also faces federal charges related to providing support to Hezbollah.

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Deutschlandfunk

USA - Defendant in the Salman Rushdie trial does not want to testify

In the trial of the stabbing attack on the writer Salman Rushdie, the defendant refused to testify.

1 day ago·Germany

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Le Monde

Man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take stand as defense rests

Hadi Matar, 27, is on trial in western New York on charges of attempted murder and assault. In court, his lawyers sought to challenge prosecution witnesses to cast doubt on whether Matar intended to kill, and not just injure, author Salmon Rushdie, 77, in 2022.

2 days ago·Paris, France

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castanet.net

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests - Entertainment News

The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses.

2 days ago·Kelowna, Canada

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Arab News

The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand

MAYVILLE, N.Y.: The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie declined to testify in his defense Thursday as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses. “No, I do not,” Hadi Matar, 27, said when asked by Chautauqua County Judge David Foley whether he wished to take the stand. Earlier Thursday, prosecutors called a forensics expert

2 days ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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