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Salman Rushdie attack: British author on ventilator and ‘likely to lose one eye’

Salman Rushdie's agent said the author has been placed on a ventilator, is unable to speak, and is 'likely to lose one eye' after he was attacked at a literary event in New York state on Friday.
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