Author Salman Rushdie On Ventilator After New York Stabbing
His agent said the writer was on a ventilator with a damaged liver, severed nerves in his arm and an eye he was likely to lose.
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His agent said the writer was on a ventilator with a damaged liver, severed nerves in his arm and an eye he was likely to lose.
On special -- several charges, including murder and assault charges. a senior officer has told nbc news that in reviewing his social media accounts it does appear that he has been radicalized. he has sympathies to shia extremism and the iranian regime. we're also learning that the fbi is investigating whether the suspect had connection to the iranian government. that's according to another senior official. and the background of this, rusty has faced decades of death threats, over his work, specifically since the publishing of his novel, the satanic versus. some muslims founded offensive. short...
UK famous faces including JK Rowling, Boris Johnson, Nigella Lawson and Rishi Sunak reacted with disbelief after Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck on stage in New York.
His work is controversial. iran's leader called for his execution over "the satanic versus." he continues -- i believe there were millions of dollars on his head. michael, i'm putting you on the spot, but as an author and historian, i don't know if you know salman rushdie from intellectual circles. >> i met him. >> talk to me about how shocking this is after all of these decades, we assume he had security. he was still under a death order. but to happen -- i saw the pictures of the audience. there were hundreds of people there in a covered outdoor pavilion, i guess you could describe it. what ...
Salman Rushdie was speaking at an event on Friday when he was stabbed in the neck.