British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie was stabbed just before a lecture he was due to give at an education center in western New York. He is currently undergoing emergency surgery. The perpetrator is 24-year-old Hadi Matar of Fairview, New Jersey, the New York police announced later that evening during a press conference. His motive is still under investigation by the FBI. The man entered the conference room as a visitor.
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Top writer Salman Rushdie stabbed in the neck and stomach, perpetrator is 24-year-old Hadi Matar from New Jersey
