Witness protection order in Salman Rushdie case to be discussed next week

A witness protection order in the Salman Rushdie assault case is to be discussed next week (Joshua Bessex/AP)

Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker will return to court next week, as legal teams argue over whether or not a witness protection order should be granted in his case.

Chautauqua County district attorney Jason Schmidt previously requested the order to keep the identities of potential witnesses secret and has asked the court for more time for evidence in the case to be examined.