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Sir Salman Rushdie, 75, returned to the stage in New York on Thursday with a surprise appearance at the PEN literary freedom gala, held at the Natural History Museum.
Novelist Salman Rushdie (pictured), 75, lost an eye and the use of one hand following the assault by Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old Shi'ite Muslim American from New Jersey in New York last year.
>> salman rushdie still in surgery after he was stabbed. >> reporter: he was stabbed multiple times as he prepared to speak in new york. >> there was a lot of screaming and crying. >> reporter: the suspect, 24-year-old was held down by the crowd until he was arrested. rushdie in hiding after the novel "satanic versus" was condemned in 1989. they denied any assistance. number 7, actors johnnie depp and amber herd battle it out over defamation and domestic abuse. depp sued over a 2018 op ed penned by herd sayings she was a survivor of domestic violence.
Henry Reese sustained severe bruising in the immediate chaos as Hadi Matar, 24, stormed the stage and knifed The Satanic Verses author multiple times in Chautauqua in New York.
Sir Salman Rushdie is awake and helping investigators with their enquiries after he was hospitalized with severe injuries after the brutal attack in Chautauqua, New York, on Friday/