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Sir Salman Rushdie: The author of Satanic Verses may have lost his eye and is on a ventilator after being stabbed, agent says | US News
Author Salman Rushdie will likely lose an eye and suffer a nerve cut in an arm and liver damage after he was stabbed, his representative said.
The 75-year-old is still on a ventilator hours after surgery following the attack in New York state.
Andrew Wylie said: “This is not good news.
The British-Indian author was preparing to give a presentation when a man burst onto the stage at the Chautauqua Institute and began attacking him as he was being introduced to the audience, according to witnesses.
He was taken to the hospital.