Rushdie was stabbed moments before he was about to deliver a lecture in western New York’s Chautauqua institute.
New York: After several hours of operation, the doctors have put author Salman Rushdie on ventilator, said the author’s book agent. However, he added, Rushdie may lose an eye.
Rushdie, 75, was stabbed multiple times on stage ahead of a lecture. The attack has left his veins in his arms severely damaged. The attacker, identified as Hadi Matar (24), also damaged Rushdie’s liver when he attacked his torso.
Rushdie was stabbed moments before he was about to deliver a lecture in western New York’s Chautauqua institute.
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According to Associated Press, one of its reporters saw a man “storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced”. While the author fell to the ground, the man was restrained, said AP.
Salman Rushdie’s book ‘The Satanic Verses’ was banned in Iran since 1988 as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. Around a year later, Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or an edict, advocating Rushdie’s death.
A whopping $3 million was announced as a bounty for anyone who kills Rushdie. The Iranian government has for a long time distanced itself from Khomeini’s fatwa. A semi-Iranian religious foundation in 2012 raised the bounty to $3.3 million from $2.8 million.
