Digital Desk, August 13: Author Salman Rushdie was attacked on stage on August 12. Rushdie was about to deliver a speech during a book event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York and he fell down on stage after the attack. As per the inputs, the man has been taken into police custody.
It may be noted that Rushdie wrote several books including Shalimar the Crown, Grimus, Quichotte, Satanic Verses, Midnight’s Children. One of the audiences namely Bradley Fisher stated, ”A man jumped up on the stage from I don’t know where and started what looked like beating him on the chest, repeated first strokes into his chest and neck.”