Police Seek Motive In Salman Rushdie Stabbing While Author Hospitalized

  • Date: 13-Aug-2022
  • Source: Huffpost
  • Sector:Healthcare
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Police Seek Motive In Salman Rushdie Stabbing While Author Hospitalized

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized Saturday after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing attack as praise poured in for him from the West but he was disparaged in Iran.

Rushdie, 75, suffered a damaged liver, severed nerves in an arm and an eye, and was on a ventilator, his agent Andrew Wylie said Friday evening. Rushdie was likely to lose the injured eye.

Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar, 24. He was arrested after the attack at the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education and retreat center where Rushdie was scheduled to speak.