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Report: Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand

The Hindu | 23/10/2022 11:30 PM | Click to read full article

Salmon Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack by a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York.

Literary agent Andrew Wylie stated that Mr. Rushdie suffered 3 serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso in the attack that leaves Rushdie partially incapacitated.

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