Terrorism trial set to open in stabbing of author  Salman Rushdie

The 79-year-old was attacked in 2022 in a stabbing that nearly killed him and left him blind in one eye (Chris Pizzello/AP)

The man who was convicted of trying to kill 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.

Opening statements are set for Wednesday in Hadi Matar’s trial in the federal courthouse in Buffalo, New York.