NEW YORK: Salman Rushdie remains to be in a essential situation, however his normal feisty and defiant sense of humour stays intact, his son has stated, because the Mumbai-born writer battles extreme, life-changing accidents.
Rushdie, 75, was taken off a ventilator on Saturday and will discuss after he was stabbed on stage at a literary occasion in New York state on Friday.
His son, Zafar Rushdie, stated on Sunday that the household was “extremely relieved” that the best-selling writer was taken off the ventilator and extra oxygen on Saturday and he was in a position to say just a few phrases.
“Following the attack on Friday, my father remains in a critical condition in hospital receiving extensive ongoing medical treatment,” he stated in an announcement posted on Twitter.
“Though his life-changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact,” he stated.
The household expressed gratitude to the viewers members who bravely leapt to Rushdie’s defence and administered first-aid after he was stabbed a number of occasions on the Chautauqua Establishment in western New York.
The household thanked the police and docs for his or her care. Additionally they expressed gratitude for the “outpouring of love and support from around the world.”
“We ask for continued patience and privacy as the family comes together at his bedside to support and help him through this time,” the assertion stated.
Earlier, Rushdie’s former spouse and celebrated TV persona Lakshmi stated in a tweet: “Relieved @SalmanRushdie is pulling through after Friday’s nightmare. Worried and wordless, can finally exhale. Now hoping for swift healing.”
Rushdie and Chennai-born Lakshmi married in 2004 and obtained divorced in 2007. Lakshmi, 51, who’s herself an writer and the host of the hit culinary TV present TopChef, was Rushdie’s fourth spouse.
The New York Instances reported that Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie stated, “The road to recovery has begun. It will be long; the injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction.”
Rushdie, who confronted Islamist demise threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident recognized as Hadi Matar, the US nationwide of Lebanese origin, on stage on Friday whereas he was being launched at a literary occasion of the Chautauqua Establishment in Western New York.
Rushdie was placed on a ventilator after he was stabbed by Matar.
Earlier on Saturday, Matar pleaded not responsible to expenses of tried homicide and assault at a quick court docket look the place he was denied bail.
Matar was charged with tried homicide and assault within the stabbing of Rushdie and he pleaded not responsible. He made his look in court docket, sporting a black-and-white striped jumpsuit and handcuffed.
Chautauqua County district legal professional Jason Schmidt offered the main points of Rushdie’s accidents in court docket throughout Matar’s arraignment on Saturday.
The writer’s accidents embrace three stab wounds to the correct aspect of the entrance of his neck, 4 stab wounds to his abdomen, a puncture wound to his proper eye and chest, and a laceration on his proper thigh, in accordance with the county prosecutor.
“This was a targeted, unprovoked, preplanned attack on Mr Rushdie,” Schmidt alleged.
Matar faces as much as 32 years if convicted of each expenses, Schmidt stated.
Rushdie lived in hiding and below police safety for years after late Iranian chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini put out a fatwa in 1989 calling for his demise in retribution for his e-book The Satanic Verses.
Rushdie, the writer of 14 novels, was knighted in 2007 for companies to literature.
Rushdie, 75, was taken off a ventilator on Saturday and will discuss after he was stabbed on stage at a literary occasion in New York state on Friday.
His son, Zafar Rushdie, stated on Sunday that the household was “extremely relieved” that the best-selling writer was taken off the ventilator and extra oxygen on Saturday and he was in a position to say just a few phrases.
“Following the attack on Friday, my father remains in a critical condition in hospital receiving extensive ongoing medical treatment,” he stated in an announcement posted on Twitter.
“Though his life-changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact,” he stated.
The household expressed gratitude to the viewers members who bravely leapt to Rushdie’s defence and administered first-aid after he was stabbed a number of occasions on the Chautauqua Establishment in western New York.
The household thanked the police and docs for his or her care. Additionally they expressed gratitude for the “outpouring of love and support from around the world.”
“We ask for continued patience and privacy as the family comes together at his bedside to support and help him through this time,” the assertion stated.
Earlier, Rushdie’s former spouse and celebrated TV persona Lakshmi stated in a tweet: “Relieved @SalmanRushdie is pulling through after Friday’s nightmare. Worried and wordless, can finally exhale. Now hoping for swift healing.”
Rushdie and Chennai-born Lakshmi married in 2004 and obtained divorced in 2007. Lakshmi, 51, who’s herself an writer and the host of the hit culinary TV present TopChef, was Rushdie’s fourth spouse.
The New York Instances reported that Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie stated, “The road to recovery has begun. It will be long; the injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction.”
Rushdie, who confronted Islamist demise threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident recognized as Hadi Matar, the US nationwide of Lebanese origin, on stage on Friday whereas he was being launched at a literary occasion of the Chautauqua Establishment in Western New York.
Rushdie was placed on a ventilator after he was stabbed by Matar.
Earlier on Saturday, Matar pleaded not responsible to expenses of tried homicide and assault at a quick court docket look the place he was denied bail.
Matar was charged with tried homicide and assault within the stabbing of Rushdie and he pleaded not responsible. He made his look in court docket, sporting a black-and-white striped jumpsuit and handcuffed.
Chautauqua County district legal professional Jason Schmidt offered the main points of Rushdie’s accidents in court docket throughout Matar’s arraignment on Saturday.
The writer’s accidents embrace three stab wounds to the correct aspect of the entrance of his neck, 4 stab wounds to his abdomen, a puncture wound to his proper eye and chest, and a laceration on his proper thigh, in accordance with the county prosecutor.
“This was a targeted, unprovoked, preplanned attack on Mr Rushdie,” Schmidt alleged.
Matar faces as much as 32 years if convicted of each expenses, Schmidt stated.
Rushdie lived in hiding and below police safety for years after late Iranian chief Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini put out a fatwa in 1989 calling for his demise in retribution for his e-book The Satanic Verses.
Rushdie, the writer of 14 novels, was knighted in 2007 for companies to literature.
