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Early reports indicate Salman Rushdie attacked in New York

August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
by Steven Beattie

The author, who spent years in the 1980s and ’90s in hiding from an Iranian death sentence, was preparing to give a speech when he was assaulted.

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