Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at a literary event in New York, US on Friday. The 75-year-old author is on a ventilator and could lose an eye. Police have identified his attacker.<br />''<br />''The author's agent Andrew Wylie in an email said that Salman Rushdie suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver, and could lose an eye. New York state police identified his attacker as Hadi Matar from New Jersey. However the officials said, the motive behind the attack remains unclear. <br />''<br />''<br />