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Author Salman Rushdie was attacked and apparently stabbed Friday by a person who rushed onstage as Rushdie was about to ship a lecture in Western New York. Rushdie has repeatedly obtained dying threats from Iran since Nineteen Eighties for his writing.

Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, police mentioned, including that his situation is just not recognized but. Spectators have been ushered out of the outside amphitheater.

Watch the video right here:

#SalmanRushdie simply attacked onstage at @chq @NBCNews @ABC @cnnbrk pic.twitter.com/I1XT6AmkhK

— Charles Savenor (@CharlieSavenor) August 12, 2022

Rushdie’s novel, Satanic Verses, was banned in Iran, the place the late chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s dying.

Author Salman Rushdie was attacked and apparently stabbed Friday by a person who rushed onstage as Rushdie was about to ship a lecture in Western New York. Rushdie has repeatedly obtained demise threats from Iran since Nineteen Eighties for his writing.

Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital, police stated, including that his situation isn’t identified but. Spectators have been ushered out of the outside amphitheater.

Watch the video right here:

#SalmanRushdie simply attacked onstage at @chq @NBCNews @ABC @cnnbrk pic.twitter.com/I1XT6AmkhK

— Charles Savenor (@CharlieSavenor) August 12, 2022

Rushdie’s novel, Satanic Verses, was banned in Iran, the place the late chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s demise.