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Writer Salman Rushdie has misplaced his sight in a single eye and one among his fingers is “incapacitated” following a stabbing assault in August, in line with an interview given by his agent to a Spanish newspaper.
Rushdie, 75, underwent emergency surgical procedure after he was stabbed a number of instances earlier than his scheduled lecture on the Chautauqua Establishment in New York on August 12.
Employees members and visitors then rushed onto the stage and held down the suspect, recognized as 24-year-old Hadi Matar, of Fairview, New Jersey, earlier than a state trooper assigned to the occasion took him into custody, in line with New York State Police.
Matar has pleaded not responsible to tried homicide within the second diploma, and second-degree assault, over the assault.
Speaking to El País, literary agent Andrew Wylie stated, “[His wounds] had been profound, however he’s [also] misplaced the sight of 1 eye … He had three critical wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated as a result of the nerves in his arm had been reduce. And he has about 15 extra wounds in his chest and torso. So, it was a brutal assault.”
Wylie declined to inform the newspaper if Rushdie was nonetheless hospitalized and didn’t specify when he had final been up to date on Rushdie’s situation, in line with an English language write-up of the interview. He stated a very powerful factor was the author was going to reside.
Wylie additionally instructed El País he and Rushdie had talked about the potential of such an assault up to now. “The principal hazard that he confronted so a few years after the fatwa was imposed is from a random individual popping out of nowhere and attacking [him],” he stated. “So, you may’t shield towards that as a result of it’s completely sudden and illogical. It was like John Lennon’s homicide.”
El Pais stated the interview was carried out from a resort suite Wednesday night, in the course of the Frankfurt e book honest.
CNN has contacted Wylie however didn’t obtain a right away response.
