Author Salman Rushdie was attacked at an event in New York state on Friday, according to witness accounts and law enforcement reports.
Rushdie was scheduled to give a lecture at the education center Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, in southwestern New York, Friday morning.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to ABC News there was a stabbing at the event where Rushdie was speaking. It did not immediately confirm the victim.
Author Salman Rushdie, behind screen left, is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y.
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An Associated Press reporter who was at the event saw a man go on stage and attack Rushdie as he was being introduced, the publication said. The author ended up on the floor and the man was restrained, according to the AP.
In the aftermath of the attack, Rushdie, 75, was seen being tended to while on the stage. His condition is unclear.
Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during a lecture, Aug. 12, 2022, at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, N.Y.
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The British-Indian writer faced years of death threats after his novel, “The Satanic Verses,” was published in 1988.
Author Salman Rushdie appears at a signing for his book “Home” in London on June 6, 2017.
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The late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini accused the author of blasphemy over the book and in 1989 issued a fatwa against Rushdie, calling for his death.
Rushdie spent years in hiding, which he chronicled in his 2012 memoir, “Joseph Anton.”
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