Salmal Rushdie is alive, airlifted to a safe place… New York governor’s statement after the attack

New York State Governor Cathy Hochul has said that Rushdie is alive and has been airlifted to a safe place by helicopter and officials are monitoring the situation after the attack on noted English-language writer Salman Rushdie.

Rushdie, 75, born in Mumbai and a Booker Prize winner, was about to begin his lecture Friday during an event at the Chautauqua Institute in western New York when a man stepped onto the stage and punched Rushdie and attacked him with a knife. done. Rushdie has a neck injury. He was being introduced in the program at that time.

Rushdie collapsed on stage after the attack and was seen with blood on his hands. The people present there caught the attacker and later he was taken into custody. Rushdie was given first aid on stage. Kathy Hochul said that Salman Rushdie kept telling the truth in front of those in power for many decades.

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“Deeply saddened to learn of the attack on iconic figure Salman Rushdie during an event,” the governor of New York State said at an event aimed at preventing gun violence. He is alive and has been airlifted to a safe place.