Henry Reese, co-founder of the Pittsburgh nonprofit City of Asylum, who was scheduled to join Rushdie in discussion, was taken to a hospital and treated for a facial injury and released, state police said. Rushdie was undergoing surgery at a hospital in northwestern Pennsylvania, Erie Police Department Deputy Chief William Marucci told CNN Friday evening. Rushdie was airlifted from a field adjacent to the venue – in a rural lake resort about 70 miles south of Buffalo – to a hospital. Staff and audience members rushed the suspect and put him on the ground before a state trooper took the attacker into custody, police said. The suspect jumped onto the stage and stabbed Rushdie at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen, state police said. Salman Rushdie's treatment of delicate political and religious subjects turned him into a controversial figure. Authorities believe the suspect was alone but are investigating “to make sure that was the case,” Staniszewski added.
Police are working with the FBI and local authorities to determine the motive.Īuthorities are also working to obtain search warrants for several items found at the scene, including a backpack and electronic devices, Staniszewski said. Staniszewski said in a Friday evening news conference. The suspect was identified as Hadi Matar, 24, from Fairview, New Jersey, State Police Troop Commander Major Eugene J. “Salman will likely lose one eye the nerves in his arm were severed and his liver was stabbed and damaged,” Wylie told the Times. Rushdie was on a ventilator Friday evening and could not speak, his agent, Andrew Wylie, told the New York Times. Salman Rushdie – a celebrated author and winner of the world’s top literary prizes whose writings generated death threats – was attacked and stabbed at least twice on stage Friday before a lecture he was scheduled to give at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, State Police said.
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