Salman Rushdie ‘lost sight in one eye and use of hand’ in attack – agent

Salman Rushdie is recovering after an on-stage attack (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/PA)

Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack by a man who rushed the stage at a literary event in August, according to his agent.

Literary agent Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El Pais that the author suffered three serious wounds to his neck and 15 more wounds to his chest and torso in the attack that took away the sight in one eye and left a hand incapacitated.