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Police cordon off an area outside Mr Matar's house. Reuters

Nathaniel Barone, defence attorney for Hadi Matar, talks with his client. AP

Hadi Matar at the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department following the attack on Salman Rushdie. AP

Mr Matar, who has been accused of stabbing Rushdie at a literary event, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges. AFP

Mr Matar listens to his public defence attorney, Nathaniel Barone, while being arraigned in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York. AP

Mr Matar arrives for his arraignment. AP

Mr Matar said that he took a bus to Buffalo, New York, and then a Lyft to the Chautauqua Institution, where Rushdie was speaking. AP

Mr Matar told 'The New York Post' that a tweet announcing the author's visit to the Chautauqua Institution gave him the idea of going there. AP

Mr Matar said that he has only read two pages of 'The Satanic Verses' by author Rushdie, whom he is accused of trying to murder. AP

Mr Matar is accused of stabbing Rushdie and faces attempted murder charges. AP

A plain-clothed police officer stands near the entrance of the building where Mr Matar lives in Fairview, New Jersey. Reuters

Police cordon off an area outside Mr Matar's house. Reuters

Nathaniel Barone, defence attorney for Hadi Matar, talks with his client. AP

Hadi Matar at the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Department following the attack on Salman Rushdie. AP

Mr Matar, who has been accused of stabbing Rushdie at a literary event, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges. AFP

Mr Matar listens to his public defence attorney, Nathaniel Barone, while being arraigned in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York. AP

Mr Matar arrives for his arraignment. AP

Mr Matar said that he took a bus to Buffalo, New York, and then a Lyft to the Chautauqua Institution, where Rushdie was speaking. AP

Mr Matar told 'The New York Post' that a tweet announcing the author's visit to the Chautauqua Institution gave him the idea of going there. AP

Mr Matar said that he has only read two pages of 'The Satanic Verses' by author Rushdie, whom he is accused of trying to murder. AP

Mr Matar is accused of stabbing Rushdie and faces attempted murder charges. AP

A plain-clothed police officer stands near the entrance of the building where Mr Matar lives in Fairview, New Jersey. Reuters

Police cordon off an area outside Mr Matar's house. Reuters

Hadi Matar -- in pictures

French police officers patrol on horses before the Uefa Nations League Group A football match between France and Israel outside the Stade de France stadium, in Saint-Denis, in the northern outskirts of Paris, on November 14. AFP

France face Israel team amid high security - in pictures

A US Air Force B-52 aircraft at the Bahrain International Airshow in Sakhir. AFP

Best photos of November 14: Airshow in Bahrain to speed climbing in Neom