Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in western New York before a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution. Rushdie was taken to a hospital with an apparent stab wound to the neck after a suspect stormed the stage. The famed author has faced death threats from extremists for years.

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Author Salman Rushdie Stabbed Before Lecture At Chautauqua Institution

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