Salman Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack: agent | World News,The Indian Express

Rushdie, 75, suffered a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm and an eye, Wylie said Friday evening. He was likely to lose the injured eye.

“The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.

Rushdie remained hospitalized with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was “off the ventilator and talking (and joking).” Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed that information without offering further details.

@SalmanRushdie off ventilator and talking! Continued prayers from all @chq

— Michael Hill, Ed.D. (@MichaelHillCHQ) August 14, 2022

Earlier in the day, the man accused of attacking him Friday at the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education and retreat center, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime.

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/agent-salman-rushdie-off-ventilator-8088849/

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