Author Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage before a lecture in New York, suspect identified and in custody

Famed author Salman Rushdie, who has endured death threats from extremists for decades, was stabbed Friday before a scheduled lecture in western New York, according to state police.

Famed author Salman Rushdie, who has endured death threats from extremists for decades, was stabbed Friday before a scheduled lecture in western New York, authorities said.

A man stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution, about 70 miles south of Buffalo, about 11 a.m. and attacked the 75-year-old author and interviewer Henry Reese, New York State Police Maj. Eugene J. Staniszewski said.

Rushdie is best known for “The Satanic Verses,” which has been banned in Iran and is considered by some Muslims to be blasphemous.

The suspect was identified by state police as 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey. A preliminary review of his social media shows he had sympathies for Shia extremism and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation said.

The author was stabbed at least once in his neck and abdomen, Staniszewski said. He was "still undergoing surgery" in Erie, Pennsylvania, as the major spoke.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/author-salman-rushdie-attacked-lecture-western-new-york-rcna42853


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