Until now, the full extent of Rushdie s injuries had been unclear. But in an interview with Spain s El Pais, Andrew Wylie explained how serious and life-changing the attack had been.
Salman Rushdie, the 75-year-old Mumbai-born controversial author who faced Islamist death threats after writing The Satanic Verses , fell through a barrier to the stage and was seen with blood on his hands. The audience tackled the attacker and Rushdie was then treated onstage following assault.
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