Salman Rushdie, the author best known for his novel The Satanic Verses, was stabbed to death while giving a lecture in America. After several hours of surgery, Rushdie was put on ventilator on Friday night. “The news is not good,” her literary agent, Andrew Wylie, wrote in an email. “Salman is likely to lose an eye, nerves in his arm are severed and his liver is punctured and damaged.” The 75-year-old writer was unable to speak.
According to police, a teenager stormed the stage at an event attended by hundreds of people at an educational institution in upstate New York. The attack happened around 11:00 am local time (5:00 pm CEST) and the man stabbed Rushdie. “Several event staff and spectators tackled the suspect and tackled him to the ground,” a spokesman said. A police officer then arrested the 24-year-old. Meanwhile, Rushdie was treated by a medic from the audience until paramedics arrived, and the teacher was eventually airlifted to a hospital.
After this, the attacker has been identified. 24-year-old Haddy M. from New Jersey. He had a ticket for the lecture. Police did not initially comment on the weapon or motive for the killing. As per preliminary findings, the suspect is said to have acted alone. Haddie M. in the small town of Fairview. Police cordoned off the area around the house. M in police custody
“He ran towards him with lightning speed”
According to an eyewitness, the attack lasted only about 20 seconds. The The New York Times A witness was quoted as saying: “He was dressed in black, he was wearing loose black clothes, and he ran towards him at lightning speed.” A bag belonging to the suspect was found at the scene.
The act took place during Rushdie’s lecture at the Chautauqua Institute, known as the Center for Education and Culture. The event was part of a series called “Mor Thhalter” to discuss the asylum of exiled writers and the persecution of artists.
Rushdie’s 1988 novel The Satanic Verses was once issued a fatwa calling for his death. Some Muslims felt that the work offended their religious sensibilities. Iran’s revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued an Islamic legal opinion calling for the execution of Rushdie and anyone involved in distributing the book. A Japanese interpreter was later killed. Rushdi was absconding and was given police protection. It is currently unknown whether the attack on him is related to the fatwa.
According to his publisher last year, the fatwa no longer meant anything to Rushdie. He is no longer restricted in his freedom of movement and no longer requires bodyguards. However, the years in hiding did not touch him. Since 2012 he has been named by his pseudonym in the autobiography “Joseph Anton”. Rushdie had the magazine a few days ago. severe He said he feels safe in America. “It’s been intense for a few years,” Rushdie said. “But since I live in America, I have no problem.”
“This attack is shocking and appalling.”
This action caused a global uproar. New York Governor Kathy Hochul described the attack on the teacher as a “horrific event.” US Senator and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer He wrote on Twitter: “This attack is shocking and appalling. It is an attack on freedom of speech and thought, two of the core values of our country and the Chautauqua Institute.”
French President Emmanuel Macron wrote that Rushdie was met with “hatred and barbarism”. Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was appalled. Culture Minister Claudia Roth (Greens) described the attack as an attack on literary freedom and freedom of thought. PEN America, the American writers’ association, was also shocked by the attack on its former president. Rushdie has been attacked for his words for decades, but he never wavered, never wavered, president Suzanne Nosal said in a statement.
Rushdie was born in the city of Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1947, the year of India’s independence. He then studied history at King’s College, Cambridge. He got his breakthrough as an author with the book “Midnight’s Children” (“Midnight’s Children”), which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 1981. In total, Rushdie published over two dozen works of fiction, non-fiction and other writings. Rushdie’s style has been called magical realism, although he was deeply involved in reality.
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