Famous English writer Salman Rushdie (Salman Rushdie) On Friday in America (America) New York (NewYork) A person attacked during a program in the city. Mumbai-born and Booker Prize winner Rushdie was about to begin his speech during an event at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York, when a man came on stage and punched Rushdie and attacked him with a knife. Rushdie has a neck injury. He was being introduced in the program at that time. The assailant was caught by the bystanders and later taken into custody. Rushdie was treated on stage.
According to the report, Rita Landman, an endocrinologist who was present at the event Rushdie was about to address, went on stage and treated Rushdie. Rita said that Rushdie’s body had multiple stab wounds, one of which was on the right side of his neck, and was covered in blood. But he was alive and not taking CPR.
Author #SalmanRushdie is on a ventilator following hours of surgery after being stabbed in the neck and torso at a lecture. He will likely lose one eye, reports Reuters quoting his book agent.#TV9News pic.twitter.com/qNIy2Q0wV8
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Rita said, ‘People there were saying that their heart rate was increasing.’ Regarding his health, his book agent Andrew Wylie wrote in an email that Salman is likely to lose one of his eyes. The nerves in his arm are severed and his liver is stabbed.
Rushdie was particularly embroiled in controversy over his book The Satanic Verses, published in the late 1980s. Rushdie was banned in Iran since 1988. He was charged with blasphemy for this book. Iran’s top leaders threatened to behead him and promised to reward those who did. However, it is not yet clear whether the strings of these attacks are related to Iran.
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