Zafar Rushdie thanks audience members who leapt to the writer's defence and the 'outpouring of love' from around the world after the attack, as Salman Rushdie begins his recovery.
Salman Rushdie's son says his father's "defiant sense of humour remains intact" despite remaining in a critical condition after he was stabbed at a lecture in New York.His son paid tribute to audience members who leapt to his defence, and police and paramedicsRushdie's agent earlier confirmed the author was removed from a ventilator and is "on the road to recovery," two days after the attack, and is able to talk and joke.
"Though his life changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty & defiant sense of humour remains intact," Rushdie's son Zafar Rushdie said in a Sunday statement that stressed the author remained in critical condition.
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