United States: British writer Salman Rushdie stabbed during a conference

Friday August 12, the writer Salman Rushdie has been stabbed several times by a man arrested a few seconds later and immediately handed over to the police. The assault took place in New York State (United States). The British writer gave a lecture in front of dozens of Americans. “A man rushed from the audience onto the stage and started punching or stabbing him, it wasn’t entirely clear. But there was blood everywhere“, says a witness.

salman Rushdie was evacuated by helicopter. The writer is the author of satanic verses. The book, published in 1988, is considered blasphemous by many Muslims. In Iran, the imam Khomeini issued a fatwa against the writer. The man has long lived under police protection. In recent years, however, he has shown himself in public. In 2018, he estimated that 30 years had passed, and that everything was fine. The messages of support multiply after his attack.