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Scotland police investigating threat made against Harry Potter author JK Rowling after tweeting in support of Salman Rushdie

Scotland police investigating threat made against Harry Potter author JK Rowling after tweeting in support of Salman Rushdie

The author shared screenshots of the threat made against her by user and reported it to Twitter.
Updated 15 Aug, 2022

Scotland police launched on Sunday an investigation against a report of an online threat made to Harry Potter author JK Rowling on Twitter after she tweeted condemning the stabbing of fellow author Salman Rushdie.

Rowling had taken to Twitter on Friday and written in response to the news of Rushdie’s stabbing, “Feeling very sick right now. Let him be ok.”

In response, a user said “don’t worry you are next.” The author then shared screenshots of the threat on her profile and wrote, “to all sending supportive messages: thank you police are involved (were already involved on other threats).”

According to CNN, a spokeswoman for Scotland’s police said, “We have received a report of an online threat being made and officers are carrying out enquiries.”

The account that threatened Rowling was of a man who had Karachi, Pakistan in his bio and the handle MeerAsifAziz1 who had been very vocal in support of the person who stabbed Rushdie. His account has been suspended ever since his threatening tweet.

Rushdie, 75, was all set to deliver a lecture on Friday in western New York when a man rushed onto the stage and stabbed him in the neck and torso. The author has written books Midnight’s Children, Shalimar the Clown, and the very controversial The Satanic Verses, which resulted in severe backlash and forced him into hiding.

He was on the ventilator and unable to speak as of Friday evening, however, he is now stable and on the road to recovery.

Comments

Ahmed Aug 15, 2022 11:54am
This is the real world. She should stay away from this. Just because she wrote a fiction book that was popular doesn't mean she has any know how on how the world actually works.
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Saif Zulfiqar Aug 15, 2022 01:08pm
K
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Aug 15, 2022 01:52pm
As you sow, so shall you reap.
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Asif A. Shah Aug 15, 2022 02:20pm
@Ahmed True! If you want to save your skin then you should stay away from the highly controversial personalities and policies.
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Gamer Aug 15, 2022 03:07pm
All the terrorists thinking and actions leads to,,,
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David Aug 15, 2022 04:39pm
@Ahmed Perhaps you should do the same. Or are you the judge and jury on what people can and can't tweet? Anything other than sympathy for someone being stabbed repeatedly, shows a warped mind.
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Rehana Bounse Aug 15, 2022 07:05pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad is this Always your go to comment when you have nothing to say
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Rehana Bounse Aug 15, 2022 07:06pm
@Ahmed who are you to say that . Such smugness!
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