UPDATE | Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator and unable to speak after the brutal on-stage stabbing attack, his agent said late Friday: “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged.”
British-Indian author Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator and unable to speak after a brutal on-stage stabbing attack at a western New York literary event, his agent said late Friday.
Police said Matar had a pass to be on the grounds of the gated Chautauqua Institution community, and that a backpack belonging to him was recovered at the scene. Anyone is able to buy a pass and they are active for varying lengths, officials said. Sanchez added that Matar—whom he admitted wasn't “a social butterfly”—spent his time in school playing basketball during lunch breaks and reading frequently. He said Matar never spoke about Iran or Rushdie.
Sitting just three rows away from the small stage next to his brother-in-law, Pautler, 76, said that at first he thought the assailant was “punching Rushdie, but then I realized he was stabbing him.” Bags were allowed, the employee told The Daily Beast, which they claimed had concerned staffers at the institute as high-profile speakers like Rushdie frequently visit.
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