A guy rushed the stage where Salman Rushdie was scheduled to speak on Friday morning in New York, according to the New York State Police. Rushdie is an Indian-born author who received death threats from Iran in the 1980s.

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Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and chest and flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital, according to the police.

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Hadi Matar, a 24-year-old man from Fairview, New Jersey, has been identified by police as the culprit.

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State Police Maj. Eugene Staniszewski stated during a news conference on Friday night that a motive has not yet been determined.

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The 75-year-old internationally known author was a guest speaker at a lecture series at the Chautauqua Institution when the incident took place.

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A man suspect charged the stage and attacked Rushdie and an interviewer at around 11 a.m. ET, according to a police report.

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Rushdie was rushed to a nearby hospital when the culprit was quickly brought into jail. According to The Associated Press, Rushdie's agency said that the author had undergone surgery and was currently on a ventilator with a damaged liver, severed nerves in his arm, and the potential loss of an eye.

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Staniszewski also said that the interviewer, Henry Reese, was treated at a local hospital for a minor head injury and has since been released.

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Reese is the co-founder of City of Asylum, a residency program for writers in exile, and was on stage with Rushdie during the attack.

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