Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and use of one hand following attack - New York Post

Salman Rushdie mislaid show successful 1 oculus and the usage of 1 manus aft helium was brutally stabbed successful the cervix during a literate event successful upstate New York 2 months ago, his cause said.

The 75-year-old author, whose caller The Satanic Verses has prompted calls for his death, was stabbed successful the cervix and torso arsenic helium walked connected signifier to present a code astatine the Chautauqua Institution connected August 12.

The grade of Rushdie’s injuries person been chartless until Saturday, erstwhile his cause Andrew Wylie gave an update connected his information successful an interrogation with the Spanish newspaper, El País.

“[His wounds] were profound, but he’s [also] mislaid the show of 1 eye,” said Wylie. “He had 3 superior wounds successful his neck. One manus is incapacitated due to the fact that the nerves successful his limb were cut. And helium has astir 15 much wounds successful his thorax and torso. So, it was a brutal attack.”

Rushdie was stabbed successful the cervix successful upstate New York successful August. Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images

The cause declined to accidental whether Rushdie is inactive being treated astatine the hospital, but said the important happening is that the world-famous writer volition survive.

Wylie noted that the anticipation of the onslaught was thing helium and Salman had discussed successful the past.

“I deliberation the onslaught was astir apt thing that Salman and I person discussed successful the past, which was that the main information that helium faced truthful galore years aft the fatwa was imposed is from a random idiosyncratic coming retired of obscurity and attacking [him],’ Wylie said.

“So, you can’t support against that due to the fact that it’s wholly unexpected and illogical. It was similar John Lennon’s murder,” helium added.

A New Jersey antheral identified arsenic 24-year-old Hadi Matar was arrested in transportation to Rusdie’s stabbing. He pleaded not blameworthy to second-degree attempted execution and battle charges successful August.

New York State Police said Rushdie was astir to statesman his scheduled lecture erstwhile Matar charged the signifier with a weapon successful hand, stabbing the British writer successful the cervix and the torso.

Hadi Matar was arrested successful transportation to the stabbing; The 24-year-old New Jersey antheral plead not blameworthy to second-degree attempted execution and battle charges. Chautauqua County Jail/Getty Images

Rushdie spent astir a decennary successful hiding aft The Satanic Verses, was published, arsenic the caller is considered blasphemous by some. A spiritual edict calling Muslims to termination him was issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Iranian leader, conscionable a twelvemonth aft his publication was published.