New York - Author Salman Rushdie stabbed onstage in New York
Governor Kathy Hochul says novelist is alive and 'getting care he needs'
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Governor Kathy Hochul says novelist is alive and 'getting care he needs'
Questions raised over security at New York literary festival after masked assailant attacks author shortly before speech
Arts event interrupted by screams as people rushed to render aid to the novelist and subdue his assailant
A man rushed the stage and stabbed Mr. Rushdie several times just before he delivered a lecture in Chautauqua. The author spent years living in hiding after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran called for his execution in 1989, but in recent years has been living a more open life.
The 75-year-old writer was attacked while onstage for a lecture in western New York state. He was flown by helicopter to a local hospital.