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The fake drivers license that was found on 24-year-old Hadi Mater bore the name Hassan Mughniyah. Both, the first and second names are linked to infamous terrorist organization Hezbollah.

Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator, cannot speak, and will likely lose an eye, after the novelist was stabbed up to 15 times on Friday by a suspect police identified as a man from New Jersey.

Salman Rushdie is in surgery after being stabbed at least 15 times from behind.

Questions raised over security at New York literary festival after masked assailant attacks author shortly before speech

Salman Rushdie is in surgery after being stabbed at least 15 times from behind.

Hadi Matar, a 42-year-old man from New Jersey, has been named as the knifeman who attacked the Satanic Verses author and left him with multiple knife wounds.

The attack on the author took place at the Chautauqua Institution, which has played host to cultural and Christian leaders for nearly 150 years.

The author was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when an assailant rushed at him.

The condition of Mr Rushdie is unknown. A suspect has been taken into custody.  Read more at straitstimes.com.

Witnesses saw the knifeman strike ten to 15 times in a matter of seconds before Sir Salman Rushdie, 75, fell to the floor covered in blood in New York State.