You’re Next: ‘Harry Potter’ author JK Rowling gets death threats, following attack on Salman Rushdie
“Feeling very sick right now. Let him be fine,” Rowling tweeted, expressing her shock over the Rushdie assault.
Feeling very sick right now. Let him be fine.
– JK Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 12, 2022
Twitter user Meer Asif Aziz responded to Rowling’s tweet by writing, “Don’t worry you’re next.” Aziz’s Twitter bio describes him as a ‘student, activist, political activist and research activist’.
In response, Rowling wrote to Twitter officials with a screenshot of Aziz’s death threat. “@TwitterSupport any chance of getting support?”, Rowling tweeted along with a screenshot of the threat.
.@Twitter Support This is your guide, right?
“Violence: You must not threaten violence against an individual or a group of people. We also prohibit the glorification of violence…
“Violent terrorism/extremism: You must not threaten or promote terrorism…” pic.twitter.com/BzM6WopzHa
– JK Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 13, 2022
Rowling later confirmed that police are now involved in the matter, as they have made other threats. “To all sending messages of support: thank you
Police are engaged (have engaged in other threats),” she said in a tweet.
It was noted that Rowling had previously been targeted by a number of transgender activists for gender opinions.
Meanwhile, her new novel ‘The Ink Black Heart’ written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith will be published on August 30, 2022.
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