Salman Rushdie is 'on a ventilator and may lose an eye' after being stabbed in the neck and abdomen ahead of an event in New York
Footage circulated online shows the author receiving emergency treatment after he was attacked at an event for the Chautauqua Institution, a gathering of the arts and humanities in Chautauqua, near Buffalo.
Sir Salman's agent Andrew Wylie told the publication the news was "not good," adding that the nerves in Sir Salman's arm were severed in the attack and his liver was "stabbed and damaged".
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