{"id":105687,"date":"2022-10-23T15:56:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-23T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/salman-rushdie-has-lost-sight-in-one-eye-and-use-of-one-hand\/"},"modified":"2022-10-23T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T15:56:30","slug":"salman-rushdie-has-lost-sight-in-one-eye-and-use-of-one-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/salman-rushdie-has-lost-sight-in-one-eye-and-use-of-one-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of one hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand after he was brutally stabbed in the neck during a literary event in upstate New York two months ago, his agent said.<\/p>\n<p>The 75-year-old author, whose novel The Satanic Verses has prompted calls for his death, was stabbed in the neck and torso as he walked on stage to deliver a speech at the Chautauqua Institution on August 12. <\/p>\n<p>The extent of Rushdie&#8217;s injuries have been unknown until Saturday, when his agent Andrew Wylie gave an update on his condition in an interview with the Spanish newspaper, El Pa\u00eds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[His wounds] were profound, but he&#8217;s [also] lost the sight of one eye,\u201d said Wylie.  \u201cHe had three serious wounds in his neck.  One hand is incapacitated because the nerves in his arm were cut.  And he has about 15 more wounds in his chest and torso.  So, it was a brutal attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Rushdie was stabbed in the neck in upstate New York in August.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Hannelore Foerster\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The agent declined to say whether Rushdie is still being treated at the hospital, but said the thing is that the world-famous author will survive. <\/p>\n<p>Wylie noted that the possibility of the attack was something he and Salman had discussed in the past. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the attack was probably something that Salman and I have discussed in the past, which was that the principal danger that he faced so many years after the fatwa was imposed is from a random person coming out of nowhere and attacking [him],&#8217; Wylie said. <\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_5.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Rushdie was in upstate New York to deliver a lecture when the attack happened.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_5.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRushdie was in upstate New York to deliver a lecture when the attack happened.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">TMX\/Mary Newsom via REUTERS<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_3.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"This still image from video shows Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, NJ, at left, being escorted from the stage\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_3.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_3.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRushdie was stabbed in the neck in upstate New York in August.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_4.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Law enforcement officers detain Hadi Matar outside of the institution in upstate New York following the attack.\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_4.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault_4.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLaw enforcement officers detain Hadi Matar outside of the institution in upstate New York following the attack. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Charles Fox\/AP<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"author Salman Rushdie is taken on a stretcher to a helicopter for transport to a hospital\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault.jpg?resize=878%2C585&#038;ssl=1 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/salman_rushdie_assault.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe author was transported by air medics after the attack. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">AP<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cSo, you can&#8217;t protect against that because it&#8217;s totally unexpected and illogical.  It was like John Lennon&#8217;s murder,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>A New Jersey man identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar was arrested in connection to Rusdie&#8217;s stabbing.  He pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges in August. <\/p>\n<p>New York State Police said Rushdie was about to begin his scheduled lecture when Matar charged the stage with a knife in hand, stabbing the British author in the neck and the torso. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hadi_matar.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Come on Matar \" class=\"wp-image-24370530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hadi_matar.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1582 1582w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hadi_matar.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1187 1186w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hadi_matar.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=791 791w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hadi_matar.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=396 395w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/hadi_matar.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Hadi Matar was arrested in connection to the stabbing;  The 24-year-old New Jersey man plead not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chautauqua County Jail\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rushdie spent nearly a decade in hiding after The Satanic Verses, was published, as the novel is considered blasphemous by some.  A religious edict calling Muslims to kill him was issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian leader, just a year after his book was published. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand after he was brutally stabbed in the neck during a literary event in upstate New York two months ago, his agent said. 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