Salman Rushdie is the British author of 'The Satanic Verses', a book which made Iran's first supreme leader issue a fatwa against him.
British novelist and essayist Salman Rushdie poses during a photo session in Paris on September 10 , 2018. | Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP
The British author of “The Satanic Verses”, which sparked fury among some Muslims, had to be airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery followingHis agent said in a statement obtained by The New York Times that “the news is not good.” Several people ran to the stage and took the suspect to the ground before a trooper present at the event arrested him. A doctor in the audience administered medical care until emergency first responders arrived.
The attack took place at the Chautauqua Institution, which hosts arts programs in a tranquil lakeside community 70 miles south of Buffalo city.
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