Popular writer Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator, able to talk again

New York: Popular writer Salman Rushdie, who was attacked during an event here recently, has been taken off a ventilator and can even talk again.

Salman Rushdie on ventilator: Reports

After six years under police protection and living in safe houses, author Salman Rushdie appears in London in his first pre-announced public appearance since the fatwa was issued. Rushdie, who was attacked at an event in the US city of New York on Friday, is currently on a ventilator. "Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged," his agent said, quoted BBC.