{"id":47683,"date":"2022-10-24T06:58:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T10:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=47683"},"modified":"2022-10-24T06:58:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T10:58:51","slug":"author-salman-rushdie-has-lost-sight-in-one-eye-hand-incapacitated-after-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/author-salman-rushdie-has-lost-sight-in-one-eye-hand-incapacitated-after-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Salman Rushdie Has Lost Sight in One Eye, Hand &#8216;Incapacitated&#8217; After Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_46114\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46114\" data-attachment-id=\"46114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/author-salman-rushdie-attacked-at-chautauqua-institution\/salman-rushdie\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie.png?fit=419%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"419,217\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Salman Rushdie\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Salman Rushdie&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie.png?fit=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie.png?fit=419%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-46114\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie.png?resize=375%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie.png?w=419&amp;ssl=1 419w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie.png?resize=300%2C155&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-46114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salman Rushdie<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Author <strong>Salman Rushdie<\/strong> has lost his sight in one eye and one of his hands is \u201cincapacitated\u201d following a stabbing attack in August.<\/p>\n<p>The update came in an interview given by Rushdie&#8217;s agent to a Spanish newspaper. Literary agent <strong>Andrew Wylie<\/strong> declined to tell the newspaper, El Pa\u00eds, if Rushdie was still hospitalized and did not say when he had been last updated on his condition.<\/p>\n<p>Rushdie underwent emergency surgery after he was stabbed several times before his scheduled lecture at <strong>Chautauqua Institution<\/strong> on August 12.<\/p>\n<p>24-year-old <strong>Hadi Matar<\/strong> of Fairview, New Jersey was arrested and has pleaded not guilty to 2nd Degree attempted murder and 2nd degree assault in attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Salman Rushdie has lost his sight in one eye and one of his hands is \u201cincapacitated\u201d following a stabbing attack in August. The update came in an interview given by Rushdie&#8217;s agent to a Spanish newspaper. Literary agent Andrew Wylie declined to tell the newspaper, El Pa\u00eds, if Rushdie was still hospitalized and did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":46114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[12370,456,11971,11922],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Salman-Rushdie.png?fit=419%2C217&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cp5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51663,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/jamestown-post-journal-trial-for-man-accused-of-stabbing-salman-rushdie-possibly-set-for-fall\/","url_meta":{"origin":47683,"position":0},"title":"Jamestown Post-Journal: Trial For Man Accused of Stabbing Salman Rushdie Possibly Set for Fall","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"May 3, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Jamestown Post-Journal reports the trial for the man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie at Chautauqua Institution last summer could be scheduled for this fall. 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