stabbing of Salman Rushdie

When

12 Aug 2022

Kind

Terrorist attack

Coordinates

42.21° N, 79.46° W

Wounded

2

2022 attack in Chautauqua, New York, United States

On August 12, 2022, Indian-born British-American novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times by 24-year-old Hadi Matar as he was about to give a public lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, United States. Matar was immediately arrested and charged the following day with assault and attempted murder. Rushdie was gravely wounded and hospitalized.

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