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Satanic Verses

October 24, 2022

Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie loses eye, hand

“He’s lost the sight of one eye. He had three serious wounds in his neck. One hand is incapacitated.”

Salman Rushdie
August 18, 2022

I’m surprised Salman Rushdie didn’t die after I stabbed him: Attacker 

Hadi Matar, 24, said Mr Rushdie, 75, was “someone who attacked Islam” but did not confirm that his actions were driven by a fatwa issued by Iran in the 1980s.

Hadi Matar and Salman Rushdie

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