Rushdie

In a harrowing recount of events, jurors have begun to piece together the chaotic moments surrounding the knife attack on celebrated novelist Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture in New York. Prosecutor Jason Schmidt vividly illustrated how swiftly the incident transpired and the perilous situation Mr. Rushdie found himself in. The incident unfolded under rather grim circumstances. A poet, whose task was to introduce the talk on the importance of safeguarding writers, had scarcely delivered a few words when defendant Hadi…