Kangana Ranaut, Javed Akhtar, Swara Bhaskar & others condemn the attack on writer Salman Rushdie

At the Chautauqua Institution event in Western New York, Salman Rushdie, a renowned writer was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey native named Hadi Matar while he was being welcomed on stage. After publishing The Satanic Verses, he endured years of death threats from Islamists.

A host of Bollywood celebs have spoken out against the assassination of author Salman Rushdie.

Kangana Ranaut shared a news article about the attack on her Instagram Stories and penned, “Another day another appalling act by jihadis. The Satanic Verses is one of the greatest book of it's time… I am shaken beyond words… Appalling."

Javed Akhtar also condemned the attack and took to his Twitter handle to express his dismay. He tweeted , “I condemn the barbaric attack on Salman Rushdie by some fanatic. I hope that NY police and the court will take the strongest action possible against the attacker.”

Swara Bhasker called the incident shameful as she took to the micro-blogging site and wrote, “Thoughts and prayers for #SalmanRushdie. Shameful, condemnable and dastardly this attack! #SalmanRushdieStabbed.”

Ranvir Shorey retweeted several posts about Salman Rushdie and called the attacker 'predator'. Reacting to a tweet that read, 'The crazies have truly taken over the world. They aren’t crazies. They go for the neck. They’re predators", Ranvir wrote.

The injured author, who was 75 years old, was flown from a nearby field to a hospital in northwest Pennsylvania where he underwent surgery. The author won the Booker Prize for his novel Midnight's Children.