In 2017, Sir Salman Rushdie told Sky News that 'the world has moved on' and threats against him were 'pretty much' over. The Indian-born British author was stabbed or punched 10 to 15 times in the neck and abdomen at an event in New York state. Latest:
Sir Salman Rushdie was tended to by a doctor from the audience before emergency services arrived. Pic: AP
Author Sir Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk, a day after being stabbed, his agent has said, according to the Associated Press.ahead of a lecture he was due to give in New York state on Friday afternoon. And on Saturday, the Chautauqua County District Attorney's Office revealed he had been stabbed about 12 times - including in the face and neck.One of the wounds in the facial area caused a puncture to Sir Salman's eye. Another, to the abdomen, caused a puncture of the author's liver.But early on Sunday, Sir Salman's agent, Andrew Wylie, told the Associated Press the author was no longer being ventilated and was now speaking.
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