Published On: Tue, Feb 11th, 2025

‘Great pain and shock’: author Salman Rushdie testifies in the trial of his suspected attacker

A man looks sideways at the camera with a serious expression. He is shown from the waist up, in front of a white backdrop. The right panel of his glasses is blacked out to cover the right eye.

Salman Rushdie described in graphic detail Tuesday the frenzied moments in 2022 when a masked man rushed at him on a stage in western New York and repeatedly slashed him with a knife, leaving him with life-threatening injuries.   

CBC | World News

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‘Great pain and shock’: author Salman Rushdie testifies in the trial of his suspected attacker