Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator and able to talk again after being stabbed 12 times in horrific New York attack
Public defender Nathaniel Barone said the authorities had taken too long to get Matar in front of a judge, while leaving him "hooked up to a bench at the state police barracks".Henry Reese, who had been due to interview Sir Salman at the event, suffered a minor head injury. He is the co-founder of a non-profit organisation that provides sanctuary to writers exiled under threat of persecution.
Rishi Sunak has warned the stabbing should act as a "wake-up call for the West" as he called for tougher sanctions following Iran’s response. Boris Johnson said: "Appalled that Sir Salman Rushdie has been stabbed while exercising a right we should never cease to defend.Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer said: "Salman Rushdie has long embodied the struggle for liberty and freedom against those who seek to destroy them.
The author lived in hiding for many years in London under a British government protection programme after the fatwa.
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