Police investigating ‘online threat’ to JK Rowling after Rushdie tweet

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Olic said they are investigating a report of an “online threat” against JK Rowling after she tweeted her reaction to the stabbing of Sir Salman Rushdie.

The 57-year-old Harry Potter author shared screenshots of a message from a user who wrote “don’t worry, you’re next” in response to her tweet about Sir Salman.

Rowling had said she felt “very sick” after hearing the news and hoped the novelist would “be okay”.

After sharing screenshots of the threatening tweet, she said: “To all who send supportive messages, thank you for involving the police (were already involved in other threats).”

A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “We have received a report of an online threat and officers are investigating.”

Same Twitter account also posted messages praising the man who attacked Sir Salman on stage in New York state.

The tweet to Rowling, which came from an account in Pakistan, appeared to have been deleted on Sunday morning.

Rowling is one of the authors and notable faces who have expressed their disbelief after Sir Salman’s stabbing.

Indian-born British author, 75, whose writing led to death threats from… Iran in the 1980s, would give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institute when the incident occurred, which left him with an obvious stab wound to the 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.

Sir Salman Rushdie’s Novel Is Banned In Iran (PA) / PA wire

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 asked on social media if the attack was related to Iran’s former leader Ayatollah Khomeini, who had previously issued a fatwa calling for his death.

The appeal came after the publication of Sir Salman’s book The Satanic Verses, which has been banned in Iran since 1988 because many Muslims consider it blasphemous.