After expressing her support for Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed onstage at a New York state event in August, the Harry Potter author received the threat on Twitter.
Police have discontinued their investigation into a death threat made against J.K. Rowling due to her support of novelist Salman Rushdie.
As the threat was not made in the United Kingdom, Police Scotland stated there will be “no further police action at this time.”
After learning of the attack on Sir Salman on the 12th of August, Rowling tweeted, “Feeling ill at the moment. Let him be ok.”
Someone said, “Have no fear, you’re next.”
Later, the Harry Potter author stated, “The police are involved (they were already concerned with prior threats)”
The menacing tweet, which originated from a Pakistani user, was eventually deleted.
The same account also tweeted tweets glorifying Hadi Matar, the 24-year-old accused of attacking Sir Salman.
The Satanic Verses, published in 1988 by the 75-year-old British author, has prompted death threats from Iran owing to its blasphemous content, according to some Muslims.
Sir Salman was prepared to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution, 65 miles from Buffalo in the state of New York, when he was repeatedly stabbed in the face, throat, and belly.
Many other authors, including Stephen King, Ian McEwan, and Hanif Kureishi, condemned the attack.
In regards to the death threat made against Rowling, a Police Scotland spokesman stated, “Following a report made to police on Saturday, August 13, 2022, regarding an online threat, inquiries have been conducted and it has been determined that it was made outside of the United Kingdom.
“Investigations are now concluded, and no further police action is planned at this time.”
As a result of her support for female-only venues, Rowling has been accused of transphobia, and in November of last year, she claimed that her home address had been made public by activists after she “supported women’s sex-based rights.”
Concurrently, Rowling, who disputes all allegations of transphobia, stated that she has received “so many death threats that they could be printed on paper.”
