According to him, Guterres was shocked by the news of the attack on the writer.
“Violence in no case can be a reaction to the words spoken or written by others in the exercise of their freedom of opinion,” TASS quotes the words of the statement.
The General Secretary also wished Rushdie a speedy recovery.
Earlier it was reported that an unknown person attacked British writer Salman Rushdie in New York.
Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and airlifted to a local hospital.
According to The New York Times, Rushdie is on a ventilator after the attack.