Iran has celebrated author Salman Rushdie's stabbing attack as he was about to give a lecture with the Indian-born Brit fighting for his life in hospital.
The 75-year-old sustained nerve damage to his arm and damage to his liver and may lose his eye after the stage was stormed and he was stabbed repeatedly.
New York state police have named the suspected attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, who was taken into custody following the incident.
