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The moment he was attacked on stage, and why he felt lonely

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How Salman Rushdie survived his assassin

Salman Rushdie discusses almost being killed by an assassin in his new book, Knife. Rushdie talks about almost being shot in the head by his assassin. The author also discusses how he survived his assassin's assassination attempt in his book, The Knife, which was published in 1996.

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Watch: Salman Rushdie on the moment he was attacked on stage, and why he felt lonely

Salman Rushdie describes the day he was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife. Rushdie paints a vivid picture of the day in 2022, when Rushdie was attacked. He says he felt lonely and lonely, and that he felt like a lonely person.

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Why the threats awaiting Salman Rushdie in 2024 could be bigger than in 1989

Salman Rushdie is considering returning to the UK if Donald Trump wins the US presidential race. The polemical writer is considering a return to Britain if he wins the election in 2016. Rushdie was murdered in 1989 in the wake of the publication of his controversial novel, The Satanic Satanic Temple.

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Salman Rushdie: I dreamt about being stabbed just before the attack

Salman Rushdie: I dreamt about being stabbed just before the attack. He says he dreamt of being stabbed in the wake of the attack in London. Rushdie says he was stabbed in a dream just before he was attacked. He said: 'I dreamt that I was going to be stabbed in my dream'

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Salman Rushdie: Losing an eye upsets me every day

Rushdie: Losing an eye upsets me every day. The author was stabbed on stage in 2022. Rushdie says he thought he was dying when he was stabbed in the head. He tells the BBC: 'I thought I was dying' Rushdie was stabbed to death on stage at the end of his career.

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‘So it’s you. Here you are.’ Salman Rushdie on his reaction to attack

Salman Rushdie’s memoir “Knife,” about the attack that almost claimed his life, comes out on Tuesday. Rushdie described feeling death had finally come for him: “So it's you. Here you are” He describes feeling death finally came for him.

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Salman Rushdie says he had a dream about being attacked days before stabbing

The 76-year-old author said he did not want to attend the talk after dreaming of a man bearing down on him with a spear in an "amphitheatre" days before the event. Rushdie says he had a dream about being attacked days before stabbing.

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The most upsetting thing about the attack for Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie shares what he found most upsetting about knife attack that nearly killed him. Rushdie: 'It's the most upsetting thing about the attack' Rushdie says he found it most upsetting to find out about the knife attack. The attack nearly killed Rushdie, but he says it was not his fault.

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Doc told Salman Rushdie he was ‘lucky’ after near-fatal 2022 stabbing, author reveals in first TV interview since shocking attack

Doc told Salman Rushdie he was ‘lucky’ after near-fatal 2022 stabbing, author reveals in first TV interview since shocking attack. Surgeon who helped save Rushdie's life said he was "lucky" because his accused assailant failed to land a killing blow.

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Salman Rushdie: My attacker came in hard and low like a squat missile

Novelist, stabbed multiple times at a New York lecture in 2022, says he ‘sometimes imagined my assassin rising up in some public forum’ Rushdie: ‘I sometimes imagined it rising up like a squat missile’ Novelist says he sometimes imagined his assassin 'rising up in public forum'

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Salman Rushdie: Author says knife attacker came at him like a 'missile'

The 76-year-old novelist suffered life-changing injuries, including the loss of his sight in one eye and limited feeling in his left hand. Rushdie suffered the attack at a literary event in New York state in August 2022. The novelist suffered sight loss in one of his eyes and limited hand feeling in one hand.

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