Author Salman Rushdie, who has faced death threats from Iran and other radical Muslims since the 1980s, was just stabbed on stage in New York as he was about to give a lecture.

An Associated Press reporter witnessed a man storm the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and begin punching or stabbing Rushdie as he was being introduced. The author was taken or fell to the floor, and the man was restrained.

Rushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses” has been banned in Iran since 1988, as many Muslims consider it to be blasphemous. A year later, Iran’s late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death.

Iran put out a $3 million bounty on Rushdie as a reward for anyone who could kill him.

NOW – Salman Rushdie is stabbed on stage in New York.pic.twitter.com/qFmYE6BC5E

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 12, 2022

Salmon Rushdie stabbed at Chautauqua. He’s on the stage being treated. Before his scheduled speech. pic.twitter.com/xqeM79WseB

— Mary Newsom (@marynewsom) August 12, 2022

We’ll keep you updated as we learn more as this is a developing story.