How 27-second attack nearly took Salman Rushdie’s life after decades of death threats
- Posted on February 21, 2025
- By The Independent
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How 27-second attack nearly took Salman Rushdie’s life after decades of death threats

Satanic Verses writer told Hadi Matar’s trial in New York how he narrowly avoided death after attacker with ‘ferocious’ eyes left him in ‘lake’ of blood