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Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage at event in New York

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An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie. The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained. Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous.

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Times of India

Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

US News: CHAUTAUQUA: Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lectur.

1 year ago·India

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BBC News

Salman Rushdie in surgery after stabbing attack

The author, 75, has suffered years of Islamist death threats since writing The Satanic Verses.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Deadly attack on writer Salman Rushdie during an event in New York

1 year ago·India

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The Guardian

Salman Rushdie is on ventilator and may lose an eye after attack, agent says – as it happened

Author has surgery after he was stabbed in the neck as he prepared to give speech in Chautauqua, in upstate New York

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York

British Indian author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage by a man as he was about to give a lecture in western New York on Friday

1 year ago·India

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Reuters

Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

The author, who has drawn death threats, fell to the floor when an assailant attacked him, and was then surrounded by a small group of people who held up his legs, seemingly to send more blood to his upper body, as the attacker was restrained.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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