Salman Rushdie: Agent says author ‘on the road to recovery' after attack

The agent for Salman Rushdie said 'The Satanic Verses' author is 'on the road to recovery,' two days after he suffered serious injuries when he was...

August 14, 2022
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The agent for Salman Rushdie said 'The Satanic Verses' author is 'on the road to recovery,' two days after he suffered serious injuries when he was stabbed before delivering a lecture in upstate New York.>> Read more trending news'The injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction,' Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, said in a statement to The Washington Post. Wylie told the newspaper that Rushdie's recovery process would be lengthy.Rushdie, 75, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen 10 times by a man who rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution, located about 80 miles south of Buffalo, CNN reported.

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