Salman Rushdie stabbed: Author on ventilator, may lose one eye; attacker identified as Hadi Matar

Salman Rushdie stabbed: The New York State Police has identified the attacker of author Salman Rushdie as Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old from Fairview, New Jersey while the motive behind the act is still unknown. Also, the author is on a ventilator following hours of surgery, and is likely to lose one eye due to the stabbing attack, reported news agency Reuters. He was stabbed in the neck and torso before he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

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