Salman Rushdie attack trial: Author was too stunned to react after being stabbed on stage

Hadi Matar (L) is standing trial accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie in August 2022 - (AP)

British author Sir Salman Rushdie was so stunned when a masked man began stabbing him on stage that he did not try to fight back, a trial against his alleged attacker has heard.

The attack while Sir Salman was speaking on stage in western New York in August 2022 left him seriously wounded and blind in one eye.