Federal case probes deeper into alleged motivation for Rushdie stabbing
Hadi Matar, the man convicted of trying to kill author Salman Rushdie, is going on trial again, this time in a federal terrorism case that is probing deeper into what allegedly motivated the stabbing on a lecture stage in 2022. The trial is set to open in Buffalo, New York.
The federal case broadens the legal inquiry from the assault itself to the question of what allegedly drove the attack. The state trial centered on the attack; the federal terrorism charges examine the alleged reasoning behind it.
Salman Rushdie, the author stabbed on a lecture stage in 2022, is expected to be a witness in the federal trial.