BREAKING: Author Salman Rushdie was attacked at an event in New York state, according to witness accounts and reports.
August 12, 2022, 11:51 AMGrant Pollard/Invision/AP
Rushdie was scheduled to give a lecture at the education center Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, in southwestern New York, Friday morning. 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.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,In the aftermath of the attack, Rushdie was seen being tended to while on the floor. His condition is unclear.
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