{"id":44467,"date":"2022-08-13T20:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T20:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/suspect-in-attack-on-author-salman-rushdie-charged-with-attempted-murder\/"},"modified":"2022-08-13T20:05:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T20:05:55","slug":"suspect-in-attack-on-author-salman-rushdie-charged-with-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/suspect-in-attack-on-author-salman-rushdie-charged-with-attempted-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in attack on author Salman Rushdie charged with attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
A suspect has been charged with attempted murder in the attack on author Salman Rushdie at a speaking event in New York state.<\/p>\n
Rushdie, who has faced death threats over his writing, was scheduled to give a lecture at the education center Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, in southwestern New York, Friday morning.<\/p>\n
At around 11 am, a man “ran up onto the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer,” according to New York State Police.<\/p>\n
Rushdie was stabbed at least once in the neck and abdomen and was transported by helicopter to a trauma center in Erie, Pennsylvania, police said.<\/p>\n
His agent told ABC News Friday that Rushdie is undergoing surgery and is on a ventilator. The author will likely lose one eye as a result of the attack, his agent said. The nerves in his arm were also severed and his liver was damaged in the stabbing, his agent said.<\/p>\n