Police investigating ‘online threat’ to J.K. Rowling over Salman Rushdie tweet
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Rowling, 57, tweeted that she was "feeling very sick right now" in response to Friday's stabbing attack that hospitalized Salman Rushdie
Scottish police are investigating an “online threat” made against Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling after she tweeted her support for Salman Rushdie.
Rushdie, a fellow author, was stabbed repeatedly last Friday on Aug. 12 during a lecture in New York and suffered serious injuries.
The same day, Rowling, 57, tweeted that she was “feeling very sick right now” in response to the attack, to which a Twitter user replied, “Don’t worry you are next,” as reported by multiple outlets.
Rowling asked for support from Twitter moderators and shared screenshots of the Twitter user who made the threat praising Rushdie’s attacker. She also wrote that the police were involved and that she had been working with them on other threats.
On Sunday, Scottish police announced that they had begun an investigation into the tweet.
“We have received a report of an online threat being made and officers are carrying out enquiries,” said a Police Scotland spokeswoman.
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