The author says he felt like he was lying in "a lake of blood" after he was attacked on stage in New York state.

A man injured alongside author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack on a New York lecture stage told jurors that he tried to stop the assault once he realized it wasn't a prank and was left with a gash above his eye.

Salman Rushdie detailed the horrific attack in which he was repeatedly stabbed by a masked stranger on a stage in western New York. The 77-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries as a result of the 2022 attack during an panel event about writer's safety.