Jurors began deliberating Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with stabbing and trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage. The jury got the case after lawyers delivered closing arguments to wrap up seven days of testimony in Chautauqua County Court.

Hadi Matar faces up to 25 years in jail if convicted of attempted murder and assault over the attack on the Satanic Verses author.

Hadi Matar is charged with attempted murder in the attack, which took place in 2022 as Mr. Rushdie was about to speak at an arts conference in western New York.

Hadi Matar, 27, is on trial in western New York on charges of attempted murder and assault. In court, his lawyers sought to challenge prosecution witnesses to cast doubt on whether Matar intended to kill,