The Latest Breaking News from Salman Rushdie

The suspect has apparently just been identified as Hadi Matar; the N.Y. Sun (Joe Marino & Evan Simko-Bednarski) reports, A New Jersey man with sympathies toward the Iranian government was arrested and accused of stabbing famed novelist Salman Rushdie on Friday, according to law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation….…

The Satanic Verses novelist Sir Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker has reportedly been identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar, from Fairview, New Jersey, by three law enforcement sources

Author spent years in hiding after a ‘fatwa’ was issued by the Iranian supreme leader in 1988

Arts event interrupted by screams as people rushed to render aid to the novelist and subdue his assailant

New York (AFP) - British author Salman Rushdie, whose writings have made him the target of Iranian death threats, remained in emergency surgery Friday after being repeatedly stabbed at a literary event in New York state.

The author was stabbed in the neck while on stage at a literary event, according to New York Police

Rushdie was stabbed on stage just before he was about to give a lecture at a literary festival in New York state.

His book was banned in 45 Islamic countries, with hundreds of British Muslims endorsing the death sentence.

The response to the author’s fourth novel became front-page news around the world and would leave a lasting impression, writes David Lister

Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked on a New York state lecture stage on Friday, spent years in hiding after he was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing.

Paris (AFP) - Friday's knife attack on Salman Rushdie comes more than 33 years after the fatwa against him by Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in which he sentenced him to death.