August 12th, 12:23pm.
According to the New York State Police, Rushdie's lecture in New York was attacked after he took the stage.
The author of "Home" appeared at a signing in London.
Rushdie was flown to a local hospital after he was stabbed in the neck.
The man rushed onstage and attacked Rushdie as he was introduced at the institution.
Police took a suspect into custody.
Rushdie's interviewer was injured.
An eye-witness told the New York Times that there was a man dressed in black attacking the stage.
The ruler of Iran issued a fatwa against Rushdie in 1989.
Rushdie's book was found to be offensive to Muslims by some religious readers. Rushdie was banned from going to India for 10 years for writing the book. The author went into hiding after the fatwa was issued and was protected by the U.K. police. Hitoshi Igarashi, the Japanese translator who worked on the book, was stabbed to death in 1991. According to the AP, the reward for Rushdie's killing was raised to $3.3 million in 2012 from $2.7 million in 2011. State-run media organizations in Iran contributed $600,000 to the bounty.
The New York Times reported that the author was attacked on stage.
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