The trial of the man accused of attempting to kill Salman Rushdie in 2022, leaving the famed author blind in one eye, opened Tuesday with jury selection.

Hadi Matar, an American of Lebanese descent, entered the small courtroom in upstate New York wearing a light blue shirt and closely cropped hair, flanked by security officers, video of the proceedings showed.

He separately faces federal terrorism charges for allegedly conducting the attack on behalf of militant group Hezbollah.

Rushdie was attacked in August 2022 by a knife-wielding assailant, who jumped on stage at an arts gathering in western New York and stabbed him about 10 times, leaving him in grave condition and........

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