After his violent attack in New York on August 12, British writer Salman Rushdie lost an eye and the use of his hand, according to his agent.

Stabbed on August 12 in the United States, British writer Salman Rushdie has since lost sight of one eye and the use of one hand, among other serious consequences, his agent told Spanish newspaper El Pais.

“He lost sight in one eye… He had three severe neck injuries. She is disabled in one hand because the nerves in his arm have been severed. And she has about 15 other chest and torso injuries, ”Andrew Wylie told El Pais in an interview posted over the weekend of October 22-23.

“His wounds were very deep (…) It was a brutal attack” but “he will live”, he added, detailing the writer’s state of health for the first time in several weeks, without indicating whether he is still in the hospital. .

On August 12, Salman Rushdie was about to speak at a conference in upstate New York (northeast) when a man exploded onto the stage and stabbed him repeatedly, especially in the neck and abdomen. Evacuated by helicopter to the hospital, the author of the Satanic Verses had to be briefly put on a ventilator before his condition improved.

The main suspect, Hadi Matar, an American of Lebanese origin then 24, was arrested soon after the incident and pleaded not guilty during a trial that opened in mid-August in a Mayville, New York state court.