Attack On Salman Rushdie News

The injuries from the attack left him blind in one eye, resulted in damage to his liver and a paralysed hand caused by nerve damage to his arm.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has termed the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie as "terrible and sad," indicating that while the anger in the Islamic world at the Mumbai-born author's novel "The Satanic Verses" was understandable.

Hadi Matar rushed onto stage in New York when Salman Rushdie was about to give a lecture on Friday and stabbed him multiple times.

Asserting that Salman Rushdie has consistently stood up for the universal rights of freedom of expression, freedom of religion and freedom of the press, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Iranian state institutions have incited violence.

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday expressed shock over the attack on author Salman Rushdie, saying that people should be able to "share ideas without fear" and "violence and hate have no place" in society.

The father of a man charged with attempting to murder novelist Salman Rushdie has locked himself in at his home in southern Lebanon and is refusing to speak to anyone, town mayor Ali Tehfe said on Sunday.

Renowned author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and will be able to talk, a day after he was stabbed in New York on Friday morning during a lecture.

Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates seeking to become Britain's next prime minister, said Friday's attack on author Salman Rushdie should serve as a wake-up call to the West over Iran, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

US President Joe Biden condemned the "vicious attack" on Salman Rushdie, as the author remained hospitalized Saturday after being stabbed in New York.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Saturday that he "strongly" condemns the attack on writer Salman Rushdie.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday referred to the international condemnation of the attack on renowned author Salman Rushdie and said the world has noticed and reacted to the incident.

Author Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state on Friday.

Author Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye and suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver after he was stabbed on Friday, his agent said, adding that Rushdie was on a ventilator.

British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, underwent emergency surgery Friday after an assailant stabbed him in the neck at a literary event in New York state.

Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of the Booker Prize-winning novel "Midnight Children", was stabbed in the neck during an event in New York.

The injuries from the attack left him blind in one eye, resulted in damage to his liver and a paralysed hand caused by nerve damage to his arm.

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has termed the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie as "terrible and sad," indicating that while the anger in the Islamic world at the Mumbai-born author's novel "The Satanic Verses" was understandable.

Hadi Matar rushed onto stage in New York when Salman Rushdie was about to give a lecture on Friday and stabbed him multiple times.

Asserting that Salman Rushdie has consistently stood up for the universal rights of freedom of expression, freedom of religion and freedom of the press, US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said Iranian state institutions have incited violence.

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday expressed shock over the attack on author Salman Rushdie, saying that people should be able to "share ideas without fear" and "violence and hate have no place" in society.

The father of a man charged with attempting to murder novelist Salman Rushdie has locked himself in at his home in southern Lebanon and is refusing to speak to anyone, town mayor Ali Tehfe said on Sunday.

Renowned author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and will be able to talk, a day after he was stabbed in New York on Friday morning during a lecture.

Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates seeking to become Britain's next prime minister, said Friday's attack on author Salman Rushdie should serve as a wake-up call to the West over Iran, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

US President Joe Biden condemned the "vicious attack" on Salman Rushdie, as the author remained hospitalized Saturday after being stabbed in New York.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Saturday that he "strongly" condemns the attack on writer Salman Rushdie.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday referred to the international condemnation of the attack on renowned author Salman Rushdie and said the world has noticed and reacted to the incident.

Author Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state on Friday.

Author Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye and suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver after he was stabbed on Friday, his agent said, adding that Rushdie was on a ventilator.

British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, underwent emergency surgery Friday after an assailant stabbed him in the neck at a literary event in New York state.

Salman Rushdie, the Mumbai-born author of the Booker Prize-winning novel "Midnight Children", was stabbed in the neck during an event in New York.