Agent: Rushdie Off Ventilator And Talking, Day After Attack
etcanada.comThe Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie was taken off a ventilator and able to talk Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in upstate New York.
Rushdie remained hospitalized with serious injuries, but fellow author Aatish Taseer tweeted in the evening that he was “off the ventilator and talking (and joking).” Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed that information without offering further details.
Earlier in the day, the man accused of attacking him Friday at the Chautauqua Institution, a nonprofit education and retreat center, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime. READ MORE: Salman Rushdie Stabbing Suspect Arrested On Attempted Murder Charge, Pleads Not Guilty An attorney for Hadi Matar entered the plea on his behalf during an arraignment in western New York.
The suspect appeared in court wearing a black and white jumpsuit and a white face mask, with his hands cuffed in front of him.
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