Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand following an attack on stage during a literary event in western New York in August, his agent said.
Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El Pais in an article published on Saturday that Rushdie, suffered a “brutal” attack that left him with “profound” wounds.
The attack occurred on August 13th during an event at the Jaipur Literature Festival in New York, where Rushdie was appearing as a guest speaker.
He has lost vision in one eye. He has three significant injuries to his neck with 15 wounds in his chest and torso.. The nerves in his arm were severed, leaving him the use of one hand.
The representative informed the publication that he was unable to confirm Rushdie's hospital status or provide any information regarding his whereabouts.
"He will survive... The crucial factor is that, according to Wylie.Rushdie had already received multiple death threats following the release of his book The Satanic Verses.
the novelist was taken to the hospital after the attack left him with serious wounds, including nerve damage in his arm, injuries to his liver, and the potential loss of an eye.
The incident occurred 33 years after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called on Muslims to execute Rushdie for the publication of The Satanic Verses in a fatwa, or religious edict.
Rushdie, who was raised in India by a Muslim family from Kashmir, spent nine years underground after Khomeini's fatwa while being guarded by the British police.
Salman Rushdie has lost vision of one eye after attack on him in New York in a Book Inauguration Ceremony when a man stabbed him.