Saw the eyes of the attack on Salman Rushdie
Author Salman Rushdie is battling death in a New York hospital. His condition remained critical the next day. At present, he was kept on ventilator. He was fatally attacked in New York on Friday night. He had come here to attend a live interview program.
Charles Sevenor, an eyewitness present at the event, said a man running on stage climbed up and began stabbing Rushdie in the neck. By the time the people present there could understand something, the attacker hit his throat about 10-15 times within 20 seconds.
Another eyewitness, Kathleen Jones, told the Associated Press news agency that the attacker came dressed in black and was wearing a mask . According to reports, Rushdie collapsed on the stage after the incident, where a doctor gave him first aid and was then taken to the hospital by air ambulance.
It is being told that at the time when this incident happened, about 4,000 audiences were present in the hall.
People first beat up, then handed over to the police
, officials present on the spot said that during the attack people caught the accused attacker and then started beating him. Meanwhile, the accused started running, after which he was caught running and then handed over to the police.
New York police have taken the attacker into custody. He has been identified as Hadi Matar, 24. The police have approached the investigating agency FBI to gather more information about him. Police are probing why the assailant attacked. And on whose behest did this incident happen?
Rushdie had got police protection for
10 years Rushdie was under police protection for almost 10 years. In 1998, the then Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said – we no longer support the killing of Rushdie. However, the fatwa was still not withdrawn. Rushdie also wrote a memoir 'Joseph Anton' about this. Since then, Rushdie was living a relaxed life in New York. In 2019 he wrote his new novel Quihote.
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