Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York in August when he was about to start a presentation at a literary festival.
The writer who was wounded in a stabbing in August Salman Rushdie75, new information about the severity of the injuries was reported on Sunday.
Spanish magazine El Paisin (you switch to another service) in an interview with the author’s agent Andrew Wylie said that Rushdie had lost the sight in one eye. In addition, his other hand was said to be incapacitated as a result of nerve damage.
Wylien describes the attack as brutal in an interview with El Pais. According to the agent, Rushdie has at least 15 slash marks all over his body and chest.
The agent did not elaborate on whether Rushdie is still in hospital.
– The most important thing is that he is alive, Wylie commented.
Lived in fear of death for years
Author Salman Rushdie was attacked in the US state of New York in August when he was about to start a presentation at a literary festival.
A 24-year-old man rushed onto the stage and stabbed the writer about ten times. Rushdie suffered wounds to his neck and stomach.
As a result of the stabbing, Rushdie was rushed to the hospital, where he was connected to a ventilator for some time.
Until now, the seriousness of the injuries has not been made public.
Rushdie is best known for his novel The Satanic Verses, published in 1988.
Because of the novel, Rushdie has lived for years under the threat of death.
Iran’s religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has been calling for the writer to be killed since the end of the 1980s.
Khomeini practically called on Muslims to kill Rushdie because the work was considered an insult to the Prophet Muhammad.
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