The Associated Press revealed the circumstances of the attack on the writer Salman Rushdie, author of the novel The Satanic Verses, for which he received decades of death threats, and an Iranian guide spilled his blood on her.
The attack took place at the Chautauqua Institute in New York, where the writer planned to give a lecture.
And the Associated Press reported that an unidentified man climbed onto the stage and attacked Rushdie, stabbing him 10 to 15 times or stabbing him.
The writer fell to the ground, and the attacker was captured.
Police say Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck, noting that he is currently in the hospital and “receiving all the treatment he needs.”
The police added that the host of the event also received minor head injuries.
Despite the presence of police officers at the scene, some visitors wondered why security had not been tightened.
The authorities did not reveal the identity of the assailant or provide any information about his possible motives.
It is noteworthy that the writer Salman Rushdie was born into a Muslim family in India in 1947, and later moved to the UK. In 1988, he published his famous novel The Satanic Verses, which provoked outrage in the Islamic world.
Rushdie was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad and Islam, and the writer received death threats, including a fatwa from the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, which called for Rushdie’s assassination.
Source: Associated Press.