A New Jersey man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie in 2022 has chosen not to testify in his defense as his trial nears its conclusion. The defendant, Hadi Matar, 27, made this decision as his lawyers rested their case without calling any witnesses.
Prosecutors in Chautauqua County Court, New York, called a forensics expert as their final witness after seven days of testimony, including a significant account from Rushdie himself. The incident, which occurred at the Chautauqua Institution, resulted in Rushdie sustaining serious injuries, including blindness in one eye, and another individual, Henry Reese, suffering a gash above his eye.
