Salman Rushdie  (75) er i koma og i respirator, og skaderne er omfattende. Han mister synet på det ene øje, og nerverne i den ene arm afskæres. Han fik også knivstik i leveren.

Andrew Wylie, en agent for Rushdie fortalte New York Times, at forfatteren er i ventilator og ikke kan tale.

“Nyhederne er ikke gode,” sagde Wylie. “Salman vil sandsynligvis miste det ene øje, nerverne i hans arm blev overskåret, og hans lever blev stukket og beskadiget.”

Rushdie blev stukket flere gange før en tale i Chautauqua Institution i fredags i et angreb, der også sårede begivenhedens moderator.

“Rushdie pådrog sig et tilsyneladende knivstik i halsen og blev transporteret med helikopter til et områdeshospital,” sagde New York State Police i en erklæring efter angrebet. “Hans tilstand er endnu ikke kendt. Intervieweren pådrog sig en mindre hovedskade. En politimand der var til stede, tog straks den mistænkte i varetægt. Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office assisterede på stedet.”

 

Andrew Wylie, an agent for Rushdie told the New York Times that the author is on a ventilator and cannot speak.

“The news is not good,” Wylie said. “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged.”

Rushdie was stabbed multiple times before a speech at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday in an attack that also injured the moderator of the event.

“Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital,” the New York State Police said in a statement following the attack. “His condition is not yet known. The interviewer suffered a minor head injury. A State Trooper assigned to the event immediately took the suspect into custody. The Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Office assisted at the scene.”

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