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Salman Rushdie has revealed he thought 'this is the end' as he lay in a 'lake' of his own blood after being viciously stabbed multiple times at a book fair two years ago.

The Indian-born British author, who was left fighting for his life after being attacked at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state, transman says it was 'good fortune' that means he survived his grievous injuries.

The 76-year-old lost his right eye following the attack, while also being stabbed in the face, neck, chest, abdomen, thigh and hand in the assassination attempt in front of horrified audience members on August 12, 2022.

The novelist said frenzied knifing, which lasted around 30 seconds, came 'out of the blue' despite having been the subject of death threats since the 1980s over his book The Satanic Verses.

He previously told how when he saw the man who attacked him approaching him on stage he initially thought 'so it's you, here you are' and recalled how memories of the attack 'upset me every day'.









Salman Rushdie says he thought 'this is the end' after he was stabbed on stage at a book fair in New York two years ago. Pictured: Mr Rushdie at the Vaclav Havel Center in New York in November, 2023





It took 27 seconds for festival goers and festival staff to drag Rushdie's attacker off him during the incident. Pictured: Security staff and first aiders crowd round Mr Rushdie after the assault

He told Sky News programme Speaking to The World with Yalda Hakin that the attack was an 'unpleasant experience' and he 'quite clearly' thought he was dying.

Mr Rushdie said he remembered 'lying on the floor in a substantial lake of blood, and I clearly remember thinking this was about to be the end', but 'fortunately, I was wrong'.