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Salman Rushdie attack: What we know so far

Author Rushdie is on ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state.

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Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state Friday.

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Praise, worry in Iran after Rushdie attack; government quiet

Iranians are reacting with praise and worry over the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie — the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie, the Booker Prize-winning author and fierce critic of religion with a bounty on his head

Salman Rushdie has lived under threat of death for decades after a fatwa was issued in response to the content of his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses.

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What the papers say – August 13

The stabbing of Sir Salman Rushdie leads most of the national papers as the weekend begins.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie on ventilator; may lose an eye, says his agent after stabbing in New York

Rushdie, who received death threats from Iran due to his book 'The Satanic Verses', was "stabbed" at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen onstage at a lecture in western New York state on Friday morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Stabbing of Rushdie thrusts a tranquil literary retreat into mayhem

Before Salman Rushdie arrived on Friday, the bucolic New York retreat where the author was due to speak had arranged for a law enforcement presence at his lecture, mindful that the security might be needed for a man who faced death threats.

Reuters

Who is Salman Rushdie? Author whose book The Satanic Verses made him a target

The Indian-born writer has been stabbed in New York, and it’s not his first brush with violence

The Guardian - UK

Salman Rushdie on ventilator and will likely lose an eye after attack, his agent says

The Satanic Verses author cannot speak and the nerves in his arm are severed, his agent said

The Independent UK

What is a fatwa? Salman Rushdie’s backstory moves center stage after attack

After Salman Rushdie was attacked as he began a lecture Friday in western New York, it was a potent reminder that an Islamic leader had issued a high-profile edict calling for the writer’s death in reaction to his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses.”

Los Angeles Times

Salman Rushdie may lose eye, is on ventilator, agent says

Author Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye and suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver after he was stabbed on Friday, his agent said, adding that Rushdie was on a ventilator.

Reuters

Police identify Salman Rushdie attack suspect as 24-year-old from New Jersey

Hadi Matar, 24, in custody after author of Satanic Verses was stabbed at literary event in western New York

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The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie: Stephen King, Nigella Lawson and more react as author stabbed onstage in New York

‘The Satanic Verses’ author was stabbed in the neck while at a literary event

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By chance, AP reporter on scene to witness Rushdie attack

By chance, Associated Press reporter Joshua Goodman was at the venue in western New York when author Salman Rushdie was attacked on Friday

Reason

Salman Rushdie Stabbed at Upstate N.Y. Lecture, by Man "with Sympathies Toward Iranian Government"

The suspect has apparently just been identified as Hadi Matar; the N.Y. Sun (Joe Marino & Evan Simko-Bednarski) reports, A New Jersey man with sympathies toward the Iranian government was arrested and accused of stabbing famed novelist Salman Rushdie on Friday, according to law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation….…

Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect ID'd as author still in surgery after brutal attack

The Satanic Verses novelist Sir Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker has reportedly been identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar, from Fairview, New Jersey, by three law enforcement sources

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The Independent UK

Hadi Matar arrested for stabbing Salman Rushdie in neck in horror New York attack

Author spent years in hiding after a ‘fatwa’ was issued by the Iranian supreme leader in 1988

The Guardian - US

Blood and terror: witnesses tell of attack on Salman Rushdie at literary festival

Arts event interrupted by screams as people rushed to render aid to the novelist and subdue his assailant

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie: Boris Johnson and JK Rowling among those who reacted to author’s stabbing

The author was stabbed in the neck while on stage at a literary event, according to New York Police

Al Jazeera

Novelist Salman Rushdie stabbed in New York: Reactions

Rushdie was stabbed on stage just before he was about to give a lecture at a literary festival in New York state.

The Independent UK

Sir Salman Rushdie: Who is he, what is he known for and what happened to him?

His book was banned in 45 Islamic countries, with hundreds of British Muslims endorsing the death sentence.

The Independent UK

The reaction to The Satanic Verses forced Salman Rushdie into hiding – but he would re-emerge

The response to the author’s fourth novel became front-page news around the world and would leave a lasting impression, writes David Lister

Reuters

Events following Iran's fatwa against author Salman Rushdie

Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked on a New York state lecture stage on Friday, spent years in hiding after he was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing.

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