Horrible day for authors in every single place, say Salman Rushdie’s friends after NY assault | World News

Moments after the 75-year-old Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie was attacked on a stage in New York, a number of celebrated authors took to Twitter to specific their concern.

Stephen King, the creator of a number of horror books, together with ‘It’ and ‘The Shining’, took to Twitter and wrote ‘I hope Salman Rushdie is okay.’

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Delhi-based author-historian Willian Dalrymple stated it was a horrible day for literature. “A horrible day for literature, for freedom of speech and for authors in every single place. Poor poor Salman: I pray he isn't damage and recovers rapidly,” he wrote.

Expressing her shock, Bangladeshi-Swedish author Taslima Nasreen, who too lives in exile like Rushdie, stated she fearful in regards to the security of these ‘citical of Islam’. “I simply realized that Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York. I'm actually shocked. I by no means thought it will occur. He has been dwelling within the West, and he has been protected since 1989. If he's attacked, anybody who's important of Islam will be attacked. I'm fearful.”

British novelist Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru, higher identified Hari Kunzru, stated that Rushdie was “decided to reside his life as if there have been no menace, however this risk has all the time been in the back of the minds of all of his pals”.

Indian author Amritav Ghosh wished Rushdie a speedy restoration and tweeted: "Horrified to be taught that Salman Rushdie has been attacked at a talking occasion in upstate New York. Want him a speedy restoration."

In the meantime, the US senator of New York Chuck Schumer known as the incident a ‘surprising and appalling assault on freedom of speech and thought.’ “I hope Mr. Rushdie rapidly and absolutely recovers and the perpetrator experiences full accountability and justice,” he added.

The Mumbai-born novelist was talking at an occasion on the Chautauqua Establishment when the suspect ran up onto the stage and attacked Mr Rushdie and an interviewer. He reportedly stabbed Rushdie within the neck. The creator was then transported by helicopter to a neighborhood hospital.

New York governor Kathy Hochul says she has directed police to help "nevertheless wanted" with the investigation into the stabbing. “Our ideas are with Salman & his family members following this horrific occasion,” she wrote on Twitter.

Rushdie confronted loss of life threats and went into hiding for almost a decade after his guide The Satanic Verses was revealed in 1988. A yr after the guide's publication, Iran's Supreme Chief Ayatollah Khomeini supplied a $3million reward to whoever executes Rushdie, BBC reported.