The Indian-born writer has been stabbed in New York, and it’s not his first brush with violence

Salman Rushdie has been taken to hospital after being attacked on stage at an event in New York.

Rushdie suffered “an apparent stab wound to the neck” according to a statement released shortly after the incident by state police. His interviewer also suffered a minor head injury, police said.

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