Creator Salman Rushdie cut before New York discourse

Writer Salman Rushdie was cut prior to giving a discourse in Chautauqua, New York on Friday.

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In a public statement, the New York State Police affirmed that a man surged the stage and wounded Rushdie in the neck.

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Rushdie experienced an evident cut injury to the neck, and was shipped by helicopter to an area emergency clinic.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul informed a public interview regarding an hour after the fact that Mr Rushdie was alive.

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Yet, the degree of Salman Rushdie's wounds isn't yet known. furthermore, the questioner has a minor head injury.

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New York police said a state officer relegated to the occasion arrested the suspect following the assault.

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At around 11 a.m. a dubious man went onto the stage and went after Rushdie and a questioner," a police discharge said Friday.

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Rushdie's book "The Satanic Verses" has been prohibited in Iran starting around 1988, as numerous Muslims believe it to be disrespectful.

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After a year, Iran's late chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini gave a fatwa, or decree, requiring Rushdie's demise.

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Iran has additionally presented more than $3 million in remuneration for anybody who kills Rushdie.

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