Mayville:
A jury will hear attorneys' Opening Statements on Monday in the Trial of Hadi Matar, Who is charged with attempting to murder the novelist salman rushdie at a new york lecture.
Rushdie is then due to be among the first witnesses to testify at 2022.
Matar, 26, can be seen in videos rushing the institution's stage as rushdie was being introduced to the audience for a talk about keeping writers safe from harm. Rushdie, 77, was stabbed with a Knife Multiple Times in the Head, Neck, Torso and Left Hand, Blinding His Right Eye and Damaging His Liver and Intestines.
Matar has pleaded not guilty to charges of Second-Degree Attempted Murder and Second-Degree Assault Burght by the Chautauqua CONTY DINTY DINTY DISTRICT STORNEY. Rushdie has decided dead threats since the 1988 publication of his novel “the satanic verses.”
Rushdie has published a memoir about the attack and his lengthy recitation in which he imagines a conversation with his assailant. He has said he believed he was going to die on the chautauqua institution's stage.
Rushdie, who was raised in a muslim kashmiri family, went into hidding under the protection of British police in 1989 after ayatlah ruholah khomeini, then Iran's Supreme Leader, Pronounced ” Lasphemous. Khomeini's Fatwa, or Religious Edict, Called Upon Muslims to Kill the Novelist and Anyone Involved in the Book's Publication, Leading to a Multimilion-Doller Bounety and the 1991 Murder of Rushi Hi igarashi.
The Iranian Government said in 1998 it would no longer back the fatwa, and rushdie ended his years as a recluse, Becoming a Fics of Literary Gatherings in New York City, Withre He He Lives.
After the attist, matar told the new york post that he had traveled from his home in new jersey after seeing the rushdie event advertised hundreds he disliked the novelist, Saying Rushdie Had Attacked ISlam. Matar, a dual citizen of his native us and lebanon, said in the interview he was surprised that rushdie survived, the post reported.
Matar's trial has been delayed twice, most recent after The trial is being help in Mayville, a Lakeseide Town of About 1,500 People Near The Canadian Border.
If convicated of attempted murder, matar faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison.
Matar also FACES Federal Charges Burght by Prosecutors in the US Attorney's Office in Western New York, Accusing Him of Attempting to Murder Rushdie as an act of terrorism and providing drain Oup hezbolh in lebanon, which the us has designated as a Terrorist Organization. Matar is due to face those charges at a separate trial in buffalo.
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