Salman Rushdie överfallen och knivhuggen

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Författaren Salman Rushdie, vars författarskap lett till att han mottagit flera dödshot, har attackerats och skadats på en scen i staten New York, rapporterar AP.

En reporter från nyhetsbyrån AP som var på plats beskriver hur en man tog sig upp på scenen och började hugga eller slå Rushdie. Författaren föll till golvet och mannen omhändertogs. Det är oklart hur allvarliga skador Salman Rushdie fått. 

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Internationella medier uppger att han är knivhuggen.

Author Salman Rushdie has been injured after being punched and stabbed on stage ahead of a speech he was due to give in Chautauqua, near Buffalo.

The writer, 75, was attacked as he was being introduced to the stage for the CHQ 2022 event before giving a lecture on Friday morning.

He was attending for a discussion of the United States as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expressioWitnesses claimed that he managed to walk off stage with assistance and the attacker is reportedly in custody.

Blood appeared to be spattered on the wall behind where Rushdie had been attacked, with some also seen on a chair. His current condition is not known.

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