Salman Rushdie, the Bombay-born novelist was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in New York State on Friday.
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The author airlifted to a hospital. The alleged attacker has been taken into custody. He has received several death of his writings.
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The author was to address a large audience on the topic of artistic freedom when the incident took place.
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The author's agent said that Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye and suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver.
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The author has long faced death threats for his fourth novel, ‘The Satanic Verses,’ from Iran’s powerful cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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Dr. Martin Haskell, a physician who was among those who rushed to help Salman Rushdie described the author’s wounds as “serious but recoverable.”
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The author stab or punch him 10 to 15 times as he was being introduced. The author was pushed or fell to the floor
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New York state police identified his attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, from New Jersey. The motive behind the attack remain unclear.
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