Indian-born author Salman Rushdie, who wrote the controversial 1988 novel "The Satanic Verses," was seriously injured Friday when he was attacked by a man in New York state, local media reported.The 75-year-old novelist was stabbed multiple times including in the neck and suffered significant blood loss as he was about to give a lecture, according to the media reports.The author's agent said Rushdie was hooked to a ventilator and unable to speak, had sustained liver damage and may have lost an eye.The late Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini condemned Rushdie to death i…READ FULL ARTICLE
