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Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s, was stabbed on stage before his scheduled lecture in NY.

For attempted murder and assault charges. they called the stabbing at the lecture series, a preplanned and unprovoked attack. he says the suspect has tribe or -- traveled to the county by bus, falsified papers on him, and bought a ticket ahead of time, in order to get entry to the offense. officers tell nbc news, that leading theory in the case right now is that the suspect acted alone inspired by iran -related extremism. the background of all of this, he's faced decades of threats, over his work regarding extremists. especially as 1988 novel, satanic versus. some muslims considered blasphemou...

JK Rowling told 'you are next' after stabbing of acclaimed author Salman Rushdie

The fake driver's 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.