Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after attack in New York
Salman Rushdie, the Indian-born British author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been stabbed as he was about to give a lecture in southwestern New York state. After being airlifted to hospital where he spent hours in surgery, Rushdie was on a ventilator and unable to speak on Friday evening. Police identified the suspect as 24-year-old Hadi Matar from New Jersey. Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports from New York. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #SalmanRushdie #Rushdie #Attack #Author #NewYork #Iran #FreedomofExpression #FreedomofSpeech
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