(Photo Courtesy: Salman Rushdie’s Twitter handle)
The Satanic Verses famed author Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight’s Children, was attacked by a man who stormed the stage during an event in New York on Friday while he was getting ready to deliver a lecture.
Rushdie, 75, who suffered years of death threats after the controversial book titled The Satanic Verses, was stabbed in the neck by a man on stage while he was being introduced at the event of the Chautauqua Institution in Western New York, and suffered a wound to the neck.
A video posted online shows attendees rushing onto the stage immediately following the incident. The attacker is said to have been restrained by those on the scene. New York state police has confirmed that the attacker was in their custody, and that Rushdie has been flown by helicopter to a local hospital.
Rushdie’s condition is not currently known, the BBC reported.
Salman Rushdie’s condition is not yet known. The interviewer suffered a minor head injury. A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. Further details shall follow, New York State Police stated
ANI reported that a male suspect ran up onto stage at a speaking event & attacked Salman Rushdie & an interviewer at 11 am (local time), today in Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua. Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to his neck and was transported by helicopter to a hospital, NY State Police said in a statement.
