According to a press release issued by the management of the Shotakwa Foundation, at about 11 a.m., a suspected man broke into the platform at the Foundation, attacking the famous writer Salman Rushdie and an interlocutor

New York State Police said the famous writer Salman Rushdie, who was threatened with death by Iran decades ago, was stabbed Friday before a lecture scheduled in New York state.

"Rushdie appeared to have suffered a stab wound to his neck and was taken by helicopter to a hospital in the area. His condition is not yet known. "

According to the officials, the head was slightly injured.

The suspect was immediately detained by the juvenile's security agents. His name has not been released.

Rushdie fell to the ground when the man attacked him and was then surrounded by a small group of people who raised his legs to send seemingly more blood to his upper body while the attacker was seized, according to a witness who asked not to be named.

Rushdie, born in an Indian Muslim family, faced death threats for his fourth novel, "Satanic Verses", which contained paragraphs deemed blasphemous. The novel was banned in many Muslim countries when it was published in 1988.

The following year, Iranian leader Khomeini issued an advisory opinion calling for Rushdie's murder, accusing him of blasphemy.

Rushdie hid for many years. The Iranian Government later reversed this advisory opinion and has lived relatively openly in recent years. But Iranian organizations have monitored a reward worth millions of dollars for Rushdie's killing.

The Chutakwa website said Rushdie was at the Foundation to participate in a debate on the role of the United States as a refuge for writers and artists in exile and "home to freedom of creative expression."