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Günter Wallraff shocked by the attack on Salman Rushdie

2022-08-12T18:51:53.296Z


Günter Wallraff shocked by the attack on Salman Rushdie Created: 08/12/2022, 20:42 Author Salman Rushdie is treated after being attacked on a stage. © Joshua Goodman/AP/dpa Günter Wallraff expressed his shock at the attack on writer Salman Rushdie. "The news was of course a blow for me," said the author and investigative journalist on Friday evening at the German Press Agency in Cologne. "Now I


Günter Wallraff shocked by the attack on Salman Rushdie

Created: 08/12/2022, 20:42

Author Salman Rushdie is treated after being attacked on a stage.

© Joshua Goodman/AP/dpa

Günter Wallraff expressed his shock at the attack on writer Salman Rushdie.

"The news was of course a blow for me," said the author and investigative journalist on Friday evening at the German Press Agency in Cologne.

"Now I just hope that the injury is not life-threatening." Rushdie, who was sentenced to death by fatwa more than 30 years ago, was attacked by a man and injured in the neck during a performance in upstate New York on Friday.

Cologne – Wallraff (79) hid Rushdie in his house in Cologne-Ehrenfeld in 1993.

"Back then there was round-the-clock security, armored cars were parked in front of the door." In recent years, however, Rushdie would have refused personal protection.

“We met at an event in Denmark a few years ago.

A lot of attention was paid to his protection, which he had not asked for at all.

He wanted to lead a normal life.” dpa

Source: merkur

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