FILE - Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman, File)FILE - This still image from video shows Hadi Matar, of Fairview, N.J., at left, being escorted from the stage as people tend to author Salman Rushdie, center right, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo, File)FILE - In this still image from video, author Salman Rushdie is taken on a stretcher to a helicopter for transport to a hospital after he was attacked during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo, File)FILE - Salman Rushdie poses for a portrait to promote his book "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder" on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki, File)Hadi Matar, left, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, is led into Chautauqua County court by public defender Nathaniel Barone before the start of jury selection in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)Hadi Matar, center, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, is led into Chautauqua County court before the start of jury selection in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)An overall view shows Chautauqua Amphitheater where author Salman Rushdie was attacked in 2022 at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)Hadi Matar, left, charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack, is led into Chautauqua County court by public defender Nathaniel Barone before the start of jury selection in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)The exterior view is seen of the Chautauqua County Courthouse where the trial of the man charged with attacking author Salmon Rushdie in 2022 is underway in Mayville, N.Y. , Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)Hadi Matar, center, is led into Chautauqua County court before the start of jury selection in Mayville, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Matar was indicted for the assault and attempted murder of author Salman Rushdie during an appearance at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)FILE - Author Salman Rushdie poses for a portrait to promote his book "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder", at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Germany, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)The exterior view is seen of the Chautauqua County Courthouse where the trial of the man charged with attacking author Salmon Rushdie in 2022 is underway in Mayville, N.Y. , Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
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FILE - Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Goodman, File)
