After Friday’s attack, questions were raised about the security precautions – or lack thereof – at the host institution.
After Friday’s attack, questions were raised about the security precautions – or lack thereof – at the host institution.
Salman Rushdie, who was attacked and stabbed on stage According to a media report on August 13, 2022, at a literary event, she had earlier complained about too much security around her.
The Mumbai-born author, who had faced death threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed on stage Friday by 24-year-old Hadi Matar, a New Jersey resident, when he was to appear at the event. Had been. Chautauqua Institution in Western New York.
Rushdie, covered in blood, was taken to a hospital from a field adjacent to the venue In northwestern Pennsylvania, where the 75-year-old writer underwent surgery.
In 2001, Mr. Rushdie publicly complained of too much security around him, The New York Post reported.
While attending the Prague Writers’ Festival, he told reporters, “It really felt a little embarrassing to be here and to find a huge security campaign around me… I thought it was really unnecessary and excessive and certainly its The arrangement was not made. My request.”
“I spent a long time before coming here saying I really didn’t want that. So I was very surprised to be here and discovered a really important operation, because it felt like I was in a time warp. Am, that I went back many years,” he was quoted as saying.
Mr. Rushdie was stabbed in the neck while he was on stage at the Chautauqua Institution, a non-profit community on Lake Chautauqua in southwestern New York state, where about 7,500 people would be in residence on any given day during the nine weeks. Huh. weather.
Following Friday’s attack, questions were raised about security precautions – or lack thereof – at the host institution, which is located in a rural lake resort about 110 km south of Buffalo, New York.
According to two sources who spoke with CNN, the organization’s leadership had rejected recommendations for basic security measures, including bag checks and metal detectors, for fear that there would be a split between speakers and the audience.
Sources said the leadership was also apprehensive that this would change the culture of the institute.