Terrorism trial opens in stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

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The terrorism trial opened for the man convicted of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie, focusing on the defendant's motive. He spent years researching Rushdie's whereabouts before the stabbing attack at a lecture stage and was previously found guilty in a state attempted murder case.

The man convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie spent years researching the writer’s whereabouts before stabbing him on a lecture stage, federal prosecutors said Wednesday at the opening of his federal terrorism trial. It is a second trial for Hadi Matar, who was found guilty in a New York state attempted murder case last year. The federal terror charges focus more on Matar’s alleged motive for the attack on the renowned author and free-speech advocate in 2022. Prosecutors started working on...