Author Salman Rushdie, who was once the subject of a fatwa for his writing, was stabbed in the neck while on stage at a literary event in western New York, State Police said.
The renowned British Indian novelist was on stage preparing to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when a man stormed the stage and stabbed him, according to an AP reporter who witnessed the attack. Another person who was due to interview Mr Rushdie was also attacked.
