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'Satanic Verses' Author Salman Rushdie Attacked at Event in Western New York

Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck Friday by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/salman-rushdi...3bIZcu34qY

I don't know who this person is but stabbed in the neck is never good

(08-12-2022, 03:39 PM)EricC85 Wrote: [ -> ]I don't know who this person is but stabbed in the neck is never good

You're too young to know about Salman Rushdie. The Iranian government put a bounty on him for a book he wrote back in 1988. It was big news then.

(08-12-2022, 03:51 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: [ -> ]

(08-12-2022, 03:39 PM)EricC85 Wrote: [ -> ]I don't know who this person is but stabbed in the neck is never good

You're too young to know about Salman Rushdie. The Iranian government put a bounty on him for a book he wrote back in 1988. It was big news then.

I'll have to look it up but yea I was 3 in 1988 haha