Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage during event
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Salman Rushdie, the Man Booker Prize award winner who entered death pitfalls from Iran due to his books, was attacked during a lecture in New York on Friday.
According to Associated Press, a man attacked Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution and the journalist said that he was either “ punched or picked ”.
BREAKING NEWS: Salman Rushdie may have been attacked during a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution. Lecture started at 10:45 a.m. My mom shared these photos of him receiving help. pic.twitter.com/ZHcgAshPJv
— Sara Scheely Johnson (@sarajohnsauce) August 12, 2022
Rushdie is well known for his books and in 1988, his original piece of work — “ The Cacodemonic Verses ” — resulted in a number of death threats on the grounds of blasphemy. He was severely criticized for the content and Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini even issued a fatwa.
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