Stabbing of Salman Rushdie
2022 attack in Chautauqua, New York, United States
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Salman Rushdie (2) · Knife memoir (2) · The Satanic Verses (2) · Hadi Matar (2) · Chautauqua attack (1) · literary freedom (1) · assassination attempt (1) · Chautauqua Institution (1) · Free speech (1) · Assassination attempt (1)
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On August 12, 2022, Indian-born British novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times by 24-year-old Hadi Matar as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. Matar was immediately arrested and charged the following day with assault and attempted murder. Rushdie was gravely wounded and hospitalized.
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