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Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man confront Rushdie on stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing him 10 to 15 times as he was being introduced. The 75-year-old author was pushed or fell to the floor, and the man was arrested.

Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, state police said. His condition was not immediately known.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:23 pm Latest is that Rushdie is on a ventilator and will likely lose an eye.

Suspect is a 24yo New Jersey man with pro-Iranian and Revolutionary Guard views.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 2:55 am

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 11:23 pm Latest is that Rushdie is on a ventilator and will likely lose an eye.

Suspect is a 24yo New Jersey man with pro-Iranian and Revolutionary Guard views.

Shouldn't be living here and definitely shouldn't have been allowed entry into that forum.

dbt1949 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 1:19 pm With Muslim fanatics all hunting him he's been lucky they haven't gotten to him until now.

Holman wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 9:12 pm American right-wingers will have trouble here (as they did when the fatwa was declared in the late 1980s) because Rushdie is a critic of both Islamic theocracy and Western imperialism.

Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and can talk again, nearly two days after being stabbed.
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