Salman Rushdie attack the suspect suspect is a trial

The American trial of the man accused of stabbing Sir Salman Rushdi will start two and a half years ago on Tuesday after he was delayed twice.

Hadi Mattar was accused of attempting to kill and attack the August 2022 attack, which left Mr. Rushdi blind in one eye.

Mr. Mattar, 27, acknowledged that he was not guilty of charges.

The jury is scheduled to be chosen on Tuesday at the Chutawukua Province Court in New York. According to what was reported, you will see the trial, Mr. Rushdie, he will present evidence and face the accused in court.

It was scheduled to start originally in January 2024, but the defense team for Mr. Mattar appealed to the trial to be delayed on the basis that Mr. Rushdi’s next book – notes on the attack – can be used as evidence and the defendant’s team wished to review its contents first.

Then, in October, the trial was suspended after Mr. Mattar’s legal team submitted a request to transfer the trial to another boycott.

As the New York Post reported, the lawyers of Mr. Mattar have argued that the defendant had an unfair trial in the Chotukua Provincial Court in Mayfield, given the propaganda on the prominent issue and the absence of an American Arab community in the small province.

The request has not succeeded and the experiment will be held in the province of Chauteauqua as it is planned.

In August 2022, the British American author who was born in the industrial respirator was placed and spent six weeks in the hospital after stabbing up to 10 times on the stage at an event in New York State.

Mr. Mattar, who was twenty -four years old, was accused of running on the stage and carrying out the attack.

The injuries resulted in damage to the liver of Mr. Rushdie, and the loss of vision in one eye and a paralyzed hand due to the damage of the nerves for his arm.

The author of the demonic verses, who is scheduled to appear before the court during the trial, was told by BBC Neachur that he was not sure whether he wanted to confront his alleged striker in the court.

“I am in two minds on this topic,” he said. “There is one part of me who really wants to go and stand on the field and look at it and there are a few of me that cannot bother me.”

Henry Reese, the director of the event that Mr. Rushdie was attending at the Chutawukua Foundation in West New York State, was also injured in the attack.

Separate on charges of the Chutawukua Provincial Court, A federal court accused Mr. Mattar of providing material support to the armed group in Lebanon, Hezbollah, According to an indictment, it was canceled last July.

Hezbollah has been appointed as a terrorist organization by Western countries, Israel, Gulf Gulf states and the Arab League.

Mr. Rushdie, 77, is a famous writer who previously spent several years in hiding after publishing the demonic verses in 1988 – a fictional story inspired by the life of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad – threats against his life.

The surrealist narration, post -modernity, angered among some Muslims, who considered its content blasphemy – insulting religion or God – and were banned in some countries.

A year after the book was issued, the supreme leader of Iran called on Ayatollah Khomeini to execute Mr. Rushdie. He provided a reward of $ 3 million (2.5 million pounds) in the case of a legal decree issued by an Islamic religious leader.