Marianne Wiggins

Onstage in New York, a new video clip shows the moment audience members tackled a knifeman moments after he stabbed Salman Rushdie on stage, while the author remains on a ventilator and faces the possibility of losing an eye today. People are heard screaming and gasping as a dozen audience members rushed to the stage and crowd around the insurgent who had been led to the ground by a police officer in the three-minute clip. Meanwhile, several audience members also appear to surround the author and help him hold a banner for the occasion as the event's concerned visitors continue.

After being stabbed up to 15 times by a suspect police have identified Salman Rushdie as a man from New Jersey with sympathies against the Iranian government, he is on a ventilator, can't talk, and is likely to lose an eye.' Authorities descended on the Fairview, New Jersey home of 24-year-old Hadi Matar just hours after he allegedly assaulted Rushdie onstage at a literary festival in upstate New York. Hassan Mughniyah was the fake driver's license discovered on 24-year-old Hadi Mater. Hezbollah, the first and second names, are linked to Hezbollah, a notorious terrorist group. Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's current leader, is named Hassan Nasrallah. Imad Mughniyeh, one of the company's most prominent figures, was one of the group's most well-known figures. In 2008, he was assassinated in Syria by a CIA-linked assassination. Mater's social media pages, according to NBC New York, he was sympathetic to Shia causes, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. The IRGC has been linked to Hezbollah since the 1980s, providing training and support to the mainly Lebanon-based terrorist group. Hezbollah's emblem is based on the IRGC's. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah party is mainly motivated by its resistance to Israel and its resistance to Western influence in the Middle East, according to the Council on Foreign Relations' profile on Hezbollah.' During the shooting, witness testify that the perpetrator wore black clothing and a black mask.

Salman Rushdie, a man who was stabbed by decades of death threats, spent recent years as he courted a number of young women despite being branded as a spoilt baby who required regular praise and 'frequent sex.' With his book 'The Satanic Verses' that drew death threats from Iran's leader in the 1980s and led him to secrecy, the renowned novelist, 75, sparked controversy in his field. But when he emerged from hiding years later, he attracted a lot of attention for his turbulent love affair. In the years since, Rushdie has been married and divorced four times, as well as being linked to a slew of other women.