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Police in Scotland on Sunday said they are investigating reports of an online threat against author J.K. Rowling after she tweeted in support of Salman Rushdie.
The chilling threat against the “Harry Potter” creator came after she posted “feeling very sick right now. Let him be ok” on Friday, in reference to Rushdie being stabbed while he was giving a lecture in upstate New York.
“Don’t worry you are next,” a Twitter user replied to Rowling’s post.
A spokesperson for Scotland’s police said, “We have received a report of an online threat being made and officers are carrying out enquiries.”
Rowling on Saturday also confirmed cops were involved after she shared screenshots of the threatening tweet and another by the same user praising the man who allegedly attacked Rushdie.
The account, using the name Meer Asif Aziz, called stabbing suspect Hadi Matar a “revolutionary Shia fighter [who] followed the fatwa of late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,” in reference to an order from the late Iranian leader targeting the “Satanic Verses” author.
