Salman Rushdie stabbed onstage at New York state event
by Ed Pilkington and Maya Yang in New York and agenci from World news | The Guardian on (#62EKT)
Author was attacked by a man storming the stage as he was preparing to give a lecture in western New York
Sir Salman Rushdie was attacked onstage at an event in western New York state and stabbed in the neck on Friday morning, police have confirmed.
Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked on Friday morning as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.
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