Stephen King and other literary figures react as Salman Rushdie stabbed onstage
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New York: Author Salman Rushdie undergoes surgery after attack, suspect in custody, says Police
Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man who rushed the stage as the author was about to give a lecture in western New York.
·India
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Salman Rushdie has faced death threats for his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, which some Muslims said contained blasphemous passages. Photo: Reuters Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born novelist who spent years in hiding after Iran urged Muslims to kill him because of his writing, has been stabbed in the neck onstage at a lecture in New York state and flown to hospital, police say.
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