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Salman Rushdie attached the ventilator and threatened to lose an eye
The writer was stabbed to death yesterday, Friday, August 12, at a literary festival in upstate New York. After being transported to hospital by helicopter, he underwent lengthy surgery and is now on a ventilator, leaving his arm and liver badly damaged. A 24-year-old New Jersey man, Hadi Matar, was arrested for the assault and charged with attempted second-degree murder. He pleads not guilty in court
Salman Rushdie was stabbed yesterday, Friday, August 12, at a literary festival in upstate New York. After the latest news about his health, the writer risk of losing an eye. After being transported to the hospital by helicopter, he underwent one long procedure surgically and is now attached to a respiratorwith severe arm and liver damage
For the aggression it was A 24-year-old from New Jersey, Hadi Matar, is arrested, charged with attempted murder and second-degree assault. In court, he pleaded not guilty. Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, has faced death threats from Iran and Islamic extremism for over 30 years: he is in the crosshairs of fundamentalists and Ayatollah Khomeini, who viewed the year following the publication of the famous book as a “blasphemous” Part of Islam, offered a bounty of $3 million as a reward for his death
“The news is not good. Salman is on a ventilator“He can’t speak right now,” he said persons by writer Andrew Wylie after the operation lasted several hours. He added that the situation for the writer, who was stabbed in the neck and abdomen, is more serious than it appears. “He’ll probably lose an eye“The nerves in his arm were severed and his liver was injured and damaged,” he told the New York Times.