JK Rowling receives chilling ‘you’re next’ death threat warning after she posts support for stabbed author Salman Rushdie

JK ROWLING has been given a chilling death warning “you’re next” after she posted support for Sir Salman Rushdie.

Rushdie, 75, suffered horror injuries as he was stabbed up to 15 times in front of a shocked crowd at the Chautauqua Institute in New York.

JK Rowling tweeted support for Sir Salman Rushdie who was stabbed on stage in New York

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JK Rowling tweeted support for Sir Salman Rushdie who was stabbed on stage in New YorkCredit: PA
She Called Him Twitter User For Making A Death Threat

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She Called Him Twitter User For Making A Death ThreatCredit: Twitter
Author Salman Rushdie is transported to a helicopter after being stabbed on stage

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Author Salman Rushdie is transported to a helicopter after being stabbed on stageCredit: Reuters

Now Ms. Rowling is working with the police after receiving a possible threat from a Twitter user.

The 57-year-old Harry Potter author shared screenshots to Twitter of a message from a user who wrote: “Don’t worry, you’re next” in response to her tweet that she felt “very sick” after hearing the news and hoped the novelist would. “be good”.

Rowling tagged Twitter’s support account in the post, saying, “Can you get some support?”

She later told her followers about the situation: “To everyone who sends supportive messages: Thank you.

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“Police are involved (already involved in other threats).”

Rowling is one of the authors and notable faces who have expressed their disbelief after Sir Salman was stabbed on stage in upstate New York.

The Indian-born British author, 75, whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was said to be giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institute when the incident took place, leaving him with an apparent stab wound to his neck.

He is on a ventilator and may lose an eye and has suffered nerve damage to his arm and liver, according to the New York Times.

On Friday, New York State Police named suspected attacker Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, who was taken into custody following the incident.

Since the suspect was identified, people have speculated on social media whether the attack was related to Iran’s former leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who had previously issued a fatwa calling for his death.

The call was made after the publication of his book The Satanic Verses, which has been banned in Iran since 1988 because many Muslims consider it blasphemous.

The author has filed a police report

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The author has filed a police reportCredit: Twitter