Sir Salman Rushdie is taken from the theatre in upstate New York to a medical helicopter. He had collapsed in a pool of bloodAuthor on ventilator after stabbing at New York theatreSir Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator at hospital and could lose an eye after being stabbed at a theatre in upstate New York yesterday, his agent said. The British author was about to give a talk on the United States being a haven for persecuted writers when an attacker charged on to the stage. Rushdie had lived a relatively normal life in recent years GRANT POLLARD/INVISION/APWitnesses in the theatre saw a masked man dressed in black striking Rushdie ten or fifteen times and watched him, bloodied, fall to the floor. A doctor in the

Source: The Times August 14, 2022 00:26 UTC