As a result of a stabbing in New York on August 12, the author sustained wounds to his neck and abdomen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After he was attacked at a literary event in western New York in August, Rushdie has lost the use of one eye and one hand, his agent Andrew Wylie told Spanish newspaper El Pais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Wylie, who spoke with the newspaper about his injuries, the writer suffered significant injuries following the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Wylie, “in addition to the serious injuries he sustained, he was also blind in one eye.” In addition, one of his hands is incapacitated from nerve damage in the arm, and he suffered about 15 wounds in the chest and torso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During Rushdie’s introduction at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state on August 12, he was stabbed in the neck and abdomen. As a result of the attack, Wylie said the author’s liver and nerves in an arm were damaged. The ventilator was removed from Rushdie on August 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of Sunday, Wylie said he wasn’t able to tell the newspaper if Rushdie was still in the hospital or where he was. According to him, the most important thing is that he lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Iran issued a fatwa, a religious edict against Rushdie, the agent said he and Rushdie discussed the risk of a “random person coming out of nowhere” and attacking him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained, “You can’t protect against something that’s completely unexpected and illogical.”. He compared it to the murder of [singer] John Lennon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result of a shooting outside his Manhattan apartment, the Beatles member was killed in December 1980.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the publication of The Satanic Verses in 1988, Rushdie has been subjected to several death threats. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s late Supreme Leader, issued the fatwa in 1989 asking Muslims to kill Rushdie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The attacker of Rushdie was identified as Hadi Matar, a New Jersey resident arrested at the scene. His felony charges of attempted murder and assault have landed him in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As Matar had said in an August interview with The New York Post, he dislikes Rushdie and considers Khomeini a great leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for reading The Satanic Verses, the 24-year-old explained, “I didn’t read the whole thing cover to cover.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Iranian government, however, denies involvement in the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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