Author Salman Rushdi walked to court on Monday and accused author Salman Rushdi of making “Free Palestine” blur.
Hatty Mathal, a 26-year-old New Jersey man who allegedly tried to kill a writer in upstate New York in 2022, issued a statement as reporters roamed at Chatouka County Courthouse in Mayville, New York But otherwise it would be quiet.
Mathal stormed the stage, stabbing Rushdi at least 10 times at a literary seminar at the local Chautauqua facility in August 2022, blinding the 77-year-old novelist in one eye and suffering from nerve and liver damage.
He pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and attempted assault.
