Salman Rushdie’s attacker came ‘dangerously close to committing murder’ during frenzied stabbing, court hears
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Matar is accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times in front of a lecture audience at the Chautauqua Institution Amphitheater in 2022 Schmidt said Matar approached the stage and, “without hesitation upon reaching Mr Rushdie, this man very deliberately, forcefully and efficiently with speed plunged the knife into Mr Rushdie over and over and over and over again”. Matar came “dangerously close to committing murder,” Schmidt told the court, explaining that Rushdie “lay on the ground bleeding out” and “had been stabbed straight through the right eye, severing the optic nerve”. open image in gallery Matar ‘almost succeeded in killing Mr Rushdie’ in the attack, said the DA The first witness was Deborah Moore Kushmaul, a Chautauqua Institution administrator who said an “institution reverend” handed her the knife after she rushed toward the stage. He said that’s when he ran onto the stage and saw a “pile of dark clothing, two individuals.” open image in gallery Chautauqua Institute former Director of Education Jordan Steves, right, testifies how he attempted to disrupt the attack on Salman Rushdie “I ran as fast as I could, lowered my shoulder and got as much of him with as much of me as a I could to disrupt what was happening.” He said he remembers seeing that Rushdie was “covered in blood” as people from the audience and backstage began attending to him.
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