Famed author Salman Rushdie has been attacked at a literary event in New York.
According to reports, a man stormed the stage soon after Rushdie was introduced and proceed to punch or stab the writer.
Shocked witnesses saw blood on the wall near the stage as people rushed to help the stricken Rushdie.
The attack took place at the Chautauqua Institution 75 miles south of Buffalo. Rabbi Charles Savenor caught the reaction of the horrified audience.
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Salman Rushdie book “The Satanic Verses” was met with death threats from the Iranian government in 1989, with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issuing a fatwa ordering Muslims to kill the writer.
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