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Sir Salman Rushdie reveals he had premonition about being attacked

Source: PA Archive

Sir Salman Rushdie has said he did not want to attend the talk where he was attacked in 2022 after having a premonition of the incident.

The author suffered life-changing injuries in the knife attack, including the loss of his right eye, while preparing to deliver a speech on free speech in upstate New York.

In his first major television interview since the attack, Mr on CBS programme 60 minutes he had dreamed of a man bearing down on him with a spear in an “amphitheatre”.

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