LONDON — Scottish police said on Sunday they
were investigating an apparent “online threat” made to Harry Potter author
JK Rowling in response to her tweet supporting Salman Rushdie following his
stabbing.
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“We have received a report of an online threat being
made and officers are carrying out enquiries,” said a Police Scotland
spokeswoman.
The 57-year-old writer tweeted on Friday that she
was “feeling very sick right now” as news broke of the attack on Rushdie in New
York state.
In response, a user tweeted “Don’t worry you are
next”.
Rowling shared a screenshot of the reply, asking
Twitter moderators “any chance of some support?”
“These are your guidelines, right? ‘Violence: You
may not threaten violence against an individual or a group of people’,” she
added.
The tweet appeared to have been taken down on
Sunday.
The author also tweeted that police had been
informed.
The same Twitter account, believed to be based in
Pakistan, also posted messages praising Rushdie’s attacker.
Hadi Matar, 24, was arraigned in court in New York
state on Saturday, with prosecutors outlining how Rushdie had been stabbed
approximately 10 times in what they described as a planned, premeditated
assault.
Rushdie’s agent Andrew Wylie had said the writer was
on a ventilator and in danger of losing an eye, but in an update on Saturday he
told the New York Times that Rushdie had started to talk again, suggesting his
condition had improved.
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