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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Author Salman Rushdie attacked on lecture stage in New York | AP News APNEWS.COM CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 I hope he makes a full recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CayceG Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 This pic points to him being in rather dire straits. Stabbings are inherently brutal and bloody, so it could just LOOK bad. But it also very well could BE bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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b_m_b_m_b_m Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 There’s no way the assailant was American because he wasn’t shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 I just watched the Curb Fatwa episode three days ago... Damn Salman. Gute Besserung. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 For those wondering, neither the Iranian government nor religious authorities has never officially renounced the fatwa or the bounty on his life despite claiming that it would "neither support nor hinder assassination operations on Rushdie" in 1999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 According to the New York State Police, the stab would was to Rushdie's neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CayceG Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: According to the New York State Police, the stab would was to Rushdie's neck. That would explain the blood splatter on that white wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 This seems bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Quote A witness said the assailant kept trying to attack Salman Rushdie even after he was restrained. “It took like five men to pull him away and he was still stabbing,” Linda Abrams said. “He was just furious, furious. Like intensely strong and just fast.” There's little doubt in my mind that Rushdie's attacker was seeking martyrdom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Quote State police confirm the attacker of Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua County is Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview New Jersey, a law enforcement official says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 It's not looking good for Rushdie. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 1 minute ago, CayceG said: It's not looking good for Rushdie. My understanding is that he was stabbed 12 to 15 times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 He is also on a ventilator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoberChef Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 I've watched Salman for SO many years on Bill Maher's show. He's always come off as humble, intelligent AF, well spoken, & sweet. This is abhorrent to have heard earlier today & I'll be doing my best to keep tabs on any & all updates as I want him to pull through so very badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Who Is Hadi Matar? NJ Man Suspected in Salman Rushdie Attack Had Shia Extremist Sympathies WWW.NBCNEWYORK.COM Police are learning more information about the suspect who allegedly stormed onto a New York stage and stabbed author Salman Rushdie in the neck on Friday. The suspect, 24-year-old Hadi Matar, is from... Quote A preliminary law enforcement review of Matar's social media accounts shows he is sympathetic to Shia extremism and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps causes, a law enforcement person with direct knowledge of the investigation told NBC News. There are no definitive links to the IRGC but the initial assessment indicates he is sympathetic to the Iranian government group, the official says. Quote Spectator Kathleen Jones said the attacker was dressed in black, with a black mask. Quote The assailant ran onto the platform "and started pounding on Mr. Rushdie. At first you’re like, ‘What’s going on?’ And then it became abundantly clear in a few seconds that he was being beaten,” Savenor said. He said the attack lasted about 20 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Just awful. I'm sorry to say I've never actually read one of his books, but I'm somewhat familiar with his work and admire him for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Imagine stabbing someone because they criticized Hufflepuff. My views have always been, all religion is bad, some are just worse than others with the Abrahamic ones being at the top of the shit pile. inb4 Islamophobia comments. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Remarkableriots Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Biden joins world leaders in commenting on Salman Rushdie attack WWW.MSN.COM President Joe Biden on Saturday joined world readers in commenting on the knife attack of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie in New York. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Salman Rushdie 'on the road to recovery,' agent says | AP News APNEWS.COM MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture... Quote Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. The announcement followed news that the lauded writer was removed from a ventilator Saturday and able to talk and joke. Literary agent Andrew Wylie cautioned that although Rushdie's “condition is headed in the right direction,” his recovery would be a long process. Rushdie, 75, suffered a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye, Wylie had previously said, and was likely to lose the injured eye. “Though his life changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty & defiant sense of humour remains intact,” Rushdie's son Zafar Rushdie said in a Sunday statement that stressed the author remained in critical condition. The statement on behalf of the family also expressed gratitude for the “audience members who bravely leapt to his defence," as well as police, doctors and “the outpouring of love and support from around the world.” 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand | AP News APNEWS.COM NEW YORK (AP) — Salmon Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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