Rithøvundin Salman Rushdie var álopin undir einum tiltaki í New York, skrivar tíðindastovan AP.
Rushdie luttók á útbúgvingarstovninum Chautauqua í deilstatinum New York tá ið hann var álopin á pallinum.
Sambært AP-journalisti stormaði ein maður pallin tá ið Rushdie var introduseraður og hevur sligið ella stungið hann við knívi.
Løgreglan í New York sigur fyri BBC, at Salman Rushdie er stungin í hálsin.
Hann er nú flogin til lokalt sjúkrahús, men einki verður sagt um støðu hansara.
Gerningsmaðurin er handtikin.
Salman Rushdie was taken to the hospital by medical helicopter.
— Chaudhary Parvez (@ChaudharyParvez) August 12, 2022
Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed after taking stage at a Chautauqua Institute event.
This man has been detained by police.-#NYPD#SalmanRushdie #Newyork pic.twitter.com/M2xt3nicbh
BREAKING: Author Salman Rushdie has been attacked as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. An @AP reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. https://t.co/bVTbfkLjyL
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2022
#SalmanRushdie just attacked onstage at @chq @NBCNews @ABC @cnnbrk pic.twitter.com/I1XT6AmkhK
— Charles Savenor (@CharlieSavenor) August 12, 2022
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