Novelist Salman Rushdie in surgery after on-stage stabbing

Author Salman Rushdie, 75, has been stabbed on stage at an event in New York state. Eyewitnesses say he was struck many times by an attacker wearing a mask. Police said he appeared to have been stabbed in the neck. His literary agent says he is now in surgery - but doesn't have an update on the author's condition.

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(Photo: Author Salman Rushdie. Credit: Reuters)