Salman Rushdie attacked

[Uther]

Looks like he's been stabbed...

Sir Salman Rushdie: Satanic Verses author stabbed in neck and abdomen at event in New York

The Indian-born British author, 75, was airlifted to hospital but his condition is not yet known. He is still undergoing surgery.

news.sky.com

 

[Robbo]

Hope he pulls through.

 

[_Jimlad_]

He did well to avoid attack / death this long tbh.

Hope he pulls through

 

[Hades]

Hope he's OK

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

Reports he was stabbed in the neck and images of him being worked on on the stage with legs elevated and still being worked on on a trolly as they are moving him to the ambulance. Hope he makes it and it turns out to just be some nutter and not related to the fatwah. Wouldn't want those religious loons to be able to take credit.

 

[dowie]

That seems less likely, the main reason he's a target is because of the Fatwah though.

Hope he pulls through, so many backward religious people out there with regressive views tbh.

 

[Zefan]

A stab to the neck doesn't sound amazing, hopefully it's relatively superficial. I'm surprised no one has had a pop before, unless I've just missed that?

Wouldn't want those religious loons to be able to take credit.

so many backward religious people out there with regressive views tbh.

I'm not sure if I'm reading the room wrong, but is there a reason we're avoiding referring to Islam/Muslim extremists? Its hardly likely to be a diehard Catholic

 

[Chris Wilson]

There exist such rooms as elephants can be hidden within

 

[ianh]

Even after 40 years have passed it still seems that simply writing a fictional book is enough to rile up some religious idiot (not confirmed yet but more than likely) enough for them to attempt to murder the author. It's a shame so many religions are so full of intolerant people.

 

[Allnamestaken]

Imagine being so dulled in the brain by religion that you become violent in its defence.

 

[Dis86]

Unfortunately I think that's him dead from the descriptions

 

[Hades]

 

[ThriceNightly]

A stab to the neck doesn't sound amazing, hopefully it's relatively superficial. I'm surprised no one has had a pop before, unless I've just missed that?

Police report mentioned stabbed in the neck. Was watching a report from witness on site mentioned multiple times.
Pictured of blood splattered on wall nasty.
Hope he pulls through ok.

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Fatwah got him in the end.

 

[Jokester]

Awful news.

 

[sigma]

Crazy, let's hope he pulls through.

If I'm understanding it correctly, the fatwa was issued because of how a character was modelled? No reference to any religious books (even if there was, killing someone for it is ridiculous)? Madness.

 

[JonRGV250]

The "religion of peace" strikes again

 

[mburn_83]

Hopefully he pulls through.

An utter disgrace that this attack was able to take place.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

A stab to the neck doesn't sound amazing, hopefully it's relatively superficial. I'm surprised no one has had a pop before, unless I've just missed that?




I'm not sure if I'm reading the room wrong, but is there a reason we're avoiding referring to Islam/Muslim extremists? Its hardly likely to be a diehard Catholic

Nah, it’ll be one of those Buddhists. Proper stabby lot, they are.

 

[JonRGV250]

I'm not sure if I'm reading the room wrong, but is there a reason we're avoiding referring to Islam/Muslim extremists? Its hardly likely to be a diehard Catholic

I assumed that it was obvious that it was a Muslim brainwashed wackjob that carried out the attack?