Salman Rushdie 2012. Photo: David Shankbone, via Wikimedia Commons
Salman Rushdie was attacked onstage at an event in western New York state and stabbed in the neck on Friday morning, police have confirmed, reports The Guardian.
Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked on Friday morning as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
He was taken into surgery on Friday afternoon. Andrew Wylie, a spokesperson for Rushdie, said in an emailed statement: “Salman is in surgery,” but did not have further details to share.
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