'This is horrific': Stephen King and other notable faces react to Salman Rushdie attack

'This is horrific': Stephen King and other notable faces react to Salman Rushdie attack
The Indian-born British author, 75, was left with an apparent stab wound to the neck (Matt Crossick/PA)

Stephen King is among the authors and notable faces voicing their disbelief after Salman Rushdie was stabbed on stage in New York state.

The Indian-born British author, 75, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when the incident occurred, leaving him with an apparent stab wound to the neck.

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