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The state of health of Salman Rushdie remained worrying, Saturday August 13. The British writer, victim of several stab wounds by a 24-year-old man, Friday August 12, in the United States, had to be placed on an artificial respirator.
The day after his attack, Salman Rushdie was still hospitalized on Saturday August 13 in the United States. Hit in the neck, face and liver, the British writer was still in serious condition. The author of satanic verses75, was placed on life support.
The alleged attacker is a 24-year-old man of Lebanese origin. On his Facebook profile, now deleted, he showed his admiration for Ayatollah Khomeini, the author of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie. Questioned by FBI investigators, who also searched his home in the US state of New Jersey, the suspect has not yet provided any information on his motives. He was charged with attempted murder on the evening of Saturday August 13.
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