Blood and terror: witnesses tell of attack on Salman Rushdie at literary festival
Arts event interrupted by screams as people rushed to render aid to the novelist and subdue his assailant
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JK Rowling ‘feeling sick’ along with other notable faces after Rushdie stabbed
The Indian-born British author, 75, was left with an apparent stab wound to the neck.
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Author Sir Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York state
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