Author Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator and able to talk after being stabbed on stage, agent says
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Rushdie was stabbed at least once in the neck and abdomen and was transported by helicopter to a trauma center in Erie, Pennsylvania, police said. Matar has since been charged with attempted murder in the second degree and assault in the second degree, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said Saturday. He was arraigned Friday night and remanded without bail, Schmidt said. It wasn't immediately clear if Matar had a lawyer.
An Associated Press reporter who was at the event saw a man go on stage and attack Rushdie as he was being introduced, the news service said. The author ended up on the floor and the man was restrained,In the aftermath of the attack, Rushdie, 75, was seen being tended to while on the stage. "Somebody just ran up on stage," he said. "It was so quick. I was just thinking, am I really seeing this?"
The British-Indian writer faced years of death threats after his novel, "The Satanic Verses," was published in 1988.
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