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Writer Salman Rushdie Attacked on Stage During Speaking Event

Author Salman Rushdie was reportedly stabbed in an apparent attack during an event in Chautauqua, New York on Friday.

Attendees of an event hosted by the Chautauqua Institution reported that an attacker rushed the stage and stabbed the 75-year-old Rushdie. Onlookers reported that Rushdie was treated on-stage and walked off with assistance, while the attacker was taken into custody.

Rushdie, a celebrated author whose works include The Satanic Verses, has long been the subject of death threats, after the then-Ayatollah of Iran issued a fatwa against him in 1989 and put a $6 million bounty on his head

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