Rushdie collapsed on the scene after the attack, and witnesses told the Washington Post they saw blood on his hand.
The attack on Salman Rushdie. The 75-year-old author, who has received threats on his life from Iran in the late 1980s over his book The Satanic Verses, was stabbed in the neck at a literary event in New York when an assailant stormed the stage armed with a knife immediately after its appearance. The seriousness of his condition remains unknown so far.
A witness in the audience told the New York Post that Rushdie tried unsuccessfully to run off the stage and began hitting the author.
“While this (the attack) was happening, a lot of people in the audience were screaming ‘she’s stabbing him!'” the witness said. He said the attacker was tall and wearing a black hat and mask.
Rushdie collapsed on the scene after the attack, and witnesses told the Washington Post they saw blood on his hand.
The Indian-origin author was treated at the scene for his injuries before being airlifted to a nearby hospital.
The “Satanic Verses” written by Salman Rushdie caused an uproar in several countries of the Muslim world in 1988, as it was considered a book with “blasphemous” content. In fact, the then supreme religious leader of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini had issued a religious edict calling for Rushdie’s assassination.
The alleged perpetrator has been arrested.
Videos were released on social networks shortly after the attack, as well as photos of the alleged perpetrator.
NOW – Salman Rushdie is stabbed on stage in New York.pic.twitter.com/qFmYE6BC5E
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 12, 2022
Al parecer Salman Rushdie was attacked with a knife. Recordemos que pesa sobre el una fatwa (Muslim religious edict) to kill him after the publication of Los verso satánicos https://t.co/N1klZKG0WE
— Alejo Schapire (@aschapire) August 12, 2022
Rushdie assailant pic.twitter.com/j8UxfDmrWD
— ***Sarcasmo Absurdo*** (@SarcasmoDeMiami) August 12, 2022
Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed at an event in New York, is being flown to hospital. No word on his condition pic.twitter.com/zQmOZH1jvG
— BNO News (@BNONews) August 12, 2022
– AMPE
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