Author Salman Rushdie misplaced sight in a single eye and the usage of one hand following a knife on stage at a literary occasion in US in August.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 23, 2022 23:14 IST
Salman Rushdie was stabbed on the Chautauqua Institution in New York on August 12 (Photo: File)
By India Today Web Desk: Author Salman Rushdie, whose writing led to loss of life threats from Iran within the Eighties, was stabbed by Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old from New Jersey, at a literary occasion in New York on August 12. Rushdie misplaced sight in a single eye and the usage of one hand following the assault, his agent mentioned on Sunday.
The agent, Andrew Wylies, described the extent of the accidents Rushdie suffered within the “brutal” assault in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, Reuters reported.
“He had three serious wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut. And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso,” he mentioned.
Rushdie, 75, had suffered a broken liver and severed nerves in an arm and a watch.
The assault got here greater than 30 years after Iranian chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s loss of life over his guide ‘The Satanic Verses’. The guide has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims think about it to be blasphemous.
The agent additionally instructed the newspaper he couldn’t say whether or not Rushdie remained in a hospital or focus on his whereabouts. He’s going to reside … That’s the essential factor, Wylie mentioned.
Meanwhile, Hadi Matar has pleaded not responsible to second-degree tried homicide and assault costs. He is being held with out bail in a western New York jail.
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Oct 23, 2022
