Writers And Politicians Condemn Attack On Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie
The 75-year-old author was stabbed as he was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Foundation in New York state on Friday. Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, said the writer could lose an eye, was unable to speak at the moment and had also suffered damage to his arm and liver. US police arrested a suspect named Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey. British politicians, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson and leadership candidate Rishi Sunak, supported free speech in their messages of support....