Salman Rushdie Grievously Stabbed Onstage: Just Before Delivering His Lecture on Artistic Freedom!

[Sukla Sen]

That's horrifying and utterly condemnable.

The investigation must dig out whether the attacker is a lone wolf - as it appears at the moment, or is supported by a network.

Earnestly hope that the celebrated author recovers.

<<British author Salman Rushdie, 75, has been stabbed on stage at an event in New York state

Police have named the suspected attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey

Rushdie is still undergoing surgery. His condition is currently unknown.

Salman, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when the incident happened>>

(Excerpted from: <https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-62524833>.)

Look also up: 

I.<https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/who-attacked-author-salman-rushdie-new-jersey-s-hadi-matar-was-dressed-in-black-101660348106844.html>.

II. <https://www.reuters.com/world/us/author-salman-rushdie-attacked-stage-event-new-york-sky-news-2022-08-12/>.