Sir Salman Rushdie was treated at the scene for severe injuriesSir Salman’s Rushdie’s son has said that “free speech is life itself” as he revealed that his father had suffered life changing injuries after the attack in upstate New York. Zafar Rushdie, 42, said that his father remained in a critical condition after being stabbed on stage as he prepared to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, 65 miles from Buffalo, on Friday. SponsoredSalman, whose novel The Satanic Verses provoked death threats from Iran in the 1980s, sustained injuries to his arm and liver after being stabbed multiple times. Officials are said to be investigating extremist material shared online by Hadi Matar CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JAIL/REUTERS“Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself,” Zafar said, later adding in a family statement that his father’s sense of humour had not been affected by the

Source: The Times August 15, 2022 00:07 UTC