Police in Scotland said on Sunday that they were investigating an “online threat” report made to author JK Rowling after she tweeted condemning the stabbing of Salman Rushdie.
The author of the Harry Potter saga said she felt “very bad” after hearing the news and hoped the novelist would “be okay”.
In response, one user said, “don’t worry, you’re next.”
After sharing screenshots of the threatening tweet, Rowling said: “To everyone who sent messages of support: thank you, the police are involved (have been involved in other threats)”.
A Scottish Police spokeswoman said: “We have received a report of an online threat being made and officers are carrying out investigations.”
Rushdie, 75, was due to give a talk on artistic freedom on Friday in western New York when a man took the stage and stabbed the Indian writer, who has lived with a bounty on his head since his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses”. ”, which prompted Iran to urge Muslims to kill him.
After hours of surgery, Rushdie was on a ventilator and unable to speak on Friday night. The novelist would likely have lost an eye and had nerve damage in his arm and liver wounds.
The accused assailant, Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty to the charges of attempted murder and assault at a court hearing on Saturday.
Rowling has been criticized in the past by trans activists who have accused her of transphobia.
Source: CNN Brasil
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