Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on lecture stage in New York, police confirm

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://abc7chicago.com/salman-rushdie-attacked-author-stabbed-at-lecture-
fatwa-the-satanic-verses/12120036/

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. -- 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 lecture in western New York.

An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the
Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was
being introduced. The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man
was restrained.

Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, according to New York
State Police, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital.

NYSP says the suspect has been taken into custody.

At an ongoing press conference about red flag laws, Governor Kathy Hochul
called the attack on Rushdie "heartbreaking."

"He is alive," Hochul said, and "is getting the care he needs at a local
hospital."

Hochul says that a state police trooper "stood up and saved his life"
after the attack.

Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses" has been banned in Iran since 1988, as
many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran's late
leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for
Rushdie's death.

A bounty of over $3 million has also been offered for anyone who kills
Rushdie.

Iran's government has long since distanced itself from Khomeini's decree,
but anti-Rushdie sentiment lingered. In 2012, a semi-official Iranian
religious foundation raised the bounty for Rushdie from $2.8 million to
$3.3 million.

Rushdie dismissed that threat at the time, saying there was "no evidence"
of people being interested in the reward.

That year, Rushdie published a memoir, "Joseph Anton," about the fatwa.


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