Instant digest: Salman Rushdie stabbed.

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Salman Rushdie stabbed - instant digest

It appears that the Iran deal or lack thereof is being “negotiated” in public

WARNING - the below digest may disturb some.

1) Author Salman Rushdie was reportedly stabbed by an assailant:

NewYorkStatePolice @nyspolice

State Police are investigating an attack on author Salman Rushdie. nyspnews.com/state-police-a…

The Independent @Independent

🚨 Hadi Matar arrested for stabbing Salman Rushdie in neck in horror New York attack independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…

independent.co.ukHadi Matar arrested for stabbing Salman Rushdie in neck in horror New York attackSalman Rushdie spent years in hiding after a ‘fatwa’ was issued by the Iranian supreme leader in 1988

The Guardian @guardian

Police identify Salman Rushdie attack suspect as 24-year-old from New Jersey

theguardian.comPolice identify Salman Rushdie attack suspect as 24-year-old from New JerseyHadi Matar, 24, in custody after author of Satanic Verses was stabbed at literary event in western New York

The New York Times @nytimes

A witness said the assailant kept trying to attack Salman Rushdie even after he was restrained. “It took like five men to pull him away and he was still stabbing,” Linda Abrams said. “He was just furious, furious. Like intensely strong and just fast.”

nyti.msSalman Rushdie is attacked onstage in Western New York.The author was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when an assailant rushed at him.

Sky News @SkyNews

'We were thinking at the beginning he was somebody who will fix the microphone, and suddenly this guy started to stab him' says Pilar Pintagro, who was in the audience during the attack on Salman Rushdie. trib.al/L2ArsxX 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

2) There were also reports of attacks on other anti-Iran regime voices:

Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih

Today the man with a loaded AK47 who got arrested in front of my home in New York, has been indicted on a weapons count. The authority moved me to a safe house. But to be honest the word “safe” is too luxury for those of us who speak up against Islamists. @NBCNews

Asra Q. Nomani 🐾 @AsraNomani

An attacker on Iranian American @AlinejadMasih was indicted TODAY in NY —the same day Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck by an attacker in NY. The tyranny of Iran foments hate against both brave souls for their calls for freedom. With the pen. And the wind in a woman’s hair. https://t.co/J7l1XqKqlM

Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih

Today the man with a loaded AK47 who got arrested in front of my home in New York, has been indicted on a weapons count. The authority moved me to a safe house. But to be honest the word “safe” is too luxury for those of us who speak up against Islamists. @NBCNews https://t.co/Wx5QsosweR

3) And of course the build up of news related to the alleged Iranian plot against the former Assistant to the US President for National Security Affairs (NSA) John Bolton, preceding this incident:

John Bolton @AmbJohnBolton

I wish to thank the Justice Dept for initiating the criminal proceeding unsealed today; the FBI for its diligence in discovering and tracking the Iranian regime’s criminal threat to American citizens; and the Secret Service for providing protection against Tehran’s efforts.

4) Here is an alleged video of the full attack on Salman Rushdie caught on phone camera.

WARNING MAY BE DISTURBING to some:

ا لـحـدث @AlHadath

هلع وخوف بين جمهور الحاضرين.. فيديو جديد يظهر اللحظات الأولى للهجوم على #سلمان_رشدي على مسرح في #نيويورك #الحدث

5) the attack is being celebrated by Iran regime-linked accounts

إيران بالعربية @iraninarabic_ir

🔻البطل #هادي_مطر الذي طعن الشيطان #سلمان_رشدي مؤلف كتاب آيات شيطانية الذي تطاول فيه على نبي الهدى و الرحمة رسول الله محمد (ص)

And some militant groups around the world:

Nasir Mehmood @TLPNasir_

Salman Rushdie attack by this bra man. TLP Salute you Sir Faizabad we are coming #Labbaik_Faizabad

6) The hashtag for Salman Rushdie in Arabic: ⁧‫#سلمان_رشدی‬⁩ is currently trending.

It contains mixed reactions but also contains widely diverging analysis: