New York State: Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage

Author Salman Rushdie was attacked on a platform in America. According to police, he was injured and hospitalized. Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses resulted in death threats 30 years ago.

Author Salman Rushdie was assaulted on stage in New York. The police confirmed this. Accordingly, a 75-year-old man sustained a stab wound on his neck. The suspect was arrested.

The man ran onto the stage at an event venue in Chautauqua and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer, police said. Reporters said he punched or stabbed Rushdie 10 to 15 times. The writer was airlifted to a nearby hospital. According to police, he was stabbed once in the neck and stomach. That night, Rushdie underwent emergency surgery. It also said that nothing is known about his health. The interviewer has a head injury,

The Associated Press reported that a doctor from the audience said Rushti’s injuries were “serious but treatable”.

Police spokesman: The attacker is a 24-year-old American

The attacker was a 24-year-old American from New Jersey. Police spokesman James O’Callaghan said at a press conference. The motive for the crime is currently unclear.

According to initial findings, he has no partners. “At this point we’re assuming he was alone, but we’re trying to confirm he was,” O’Callaghan said. A backpack was recovered at the crime scene. Several search warrants are also being sought.

Governor: Police officer saved Rushti’s life

According to New York Governor Cathy Hochul, the intervention of a police officer saved the writer’s life. “It was a state police officer who stood up and saved his life and protected him,” he said. Rushdi is alive and receiving the treatment he needs at a local hospital, the governor said.

Fatwa on “Satanic Verses”.

Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses has been banned in Iran since 1988. This work is considered blasphemous by many Muslims. In 1989, the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a fatwa. He called for the death of Rushdie and all involved in the distribution of the book. The country has offered a reward of more than $3 million for the teacher’s murder.

A Japanese translator was later literally killed. Rushdi was absconding and was given police protection. However, the situation eased in the late 1990s after the Iranian government announced in 1998 that it would not support Rushdie’s assassination.

More threats and omissions

However, threats and boycotts against literary events attended by Rushdie continued. Rushdie’s knighting by Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 sparked protests in Iran and Pakistan.

According to his publisher last year, the Ayatollah’s fatwa no longer meant anything to the writer. Rushdie was no longer restricted in his freedom of movement and no longer needed bodyguards.

The author was born in the year 1947 in the city of Mumbai (then Bombay), after the independence of India. He then studied history at King’s College, Cambridge. He got his breakthrough as an author in 1981 with his book “Midnight’s Children”, which won him the prestigious Booker Prize.

“Attack on Freedom of Speech and Thought”

This action caused a global uproar. U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on Twitter that the action was “an attack on two of our nation’s core values: freedom of speech and thought and the Chautauqua Institution.” Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was “appalled” that Rushdie had been attacked “when we are exercising our right to never stop defending”.

Several internationally renowned writers also expressed their shock. In an initial statement, PEN America, the American writers’ association, said it was “appalled by the news of the brutal, deliberate attack” on Rushdie. “We can think of no comparable case of public violence against a writer on American soil.” Member of Teachers Association.