Salman Rushdie suffered a stab wound to the neck and was airlifted to a local hospital.
British author Salman Rushdie speaks as he presents his book "Quichotte" at the Volkstheater in Vienna, Austria, on November 16, 2019.British author Salman Rushdie speaks as he presents his book "Quichotte" at the Volkstheater in Vienna, Austria, on November 16, 2019.An unidentified man attacked 75-year-old author Salman Rushdie onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York on Friday morning.
The person interviewing Rushdie on stage was also attacked and suffered a minor head injury, according to the state police.“Our thoughts are with Salman and his loved ones following this horrific event. I have directed state police to further assist however needed in the investigation,” Hochul wrote on Twitter, an hour after the attack.
Rushdie’s 1988 book, "The Satanic Verses," is a fictional story that is considered blasphemous by some Muslims. His book was banned in several countries, most notably Iran, where the late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or religious decree, calling for Rushdie’s death.
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