Scottish police mentioned on Sunday they had been investigating an obvious "on-line risk" made to Harry Potter creator J.Ok. Rowling in response to a tweet supporting Salman Rushdie following his stabbing.
"We now have acquired a report of an internet risk being made and officers are finishing up enquiries," mentioned a Police Scotland spokeswoman.
The 57-year-old author tweeted on Friday that she was "feeling very sick proper now" as information broke of the assault on Rushdie in New York state.
In response, a consumer tweeted "Don't be concerned you might be subsequent."
The identical Twitter account, believed to be based mostly in Pakistan, posted messages praising Rushdie's attacker.
Rowling shared a screenshot of the reply, asking Twitter moderators "any likelihood of some help?"
However after Twitter mentioned the tweets in query hadn't violated its rule, Dowling responded with yet one more tweet, saying, "These are your pointers, proper? 'Violence: You might not threaten violence in opposition to a person or a gaggle of individuals." And, "Terrorism/violent extremism: You might not threaten or promote terrorism..."
The creator additionally tweeted that police had been knowledgeable.
The threatening tweet appeared to have been taken down on Sunday.
Additionally on Saturday, Rowling tweeted gratitude to backers:
Hadi Matar, 24, was arraigned in court docket in New York state on Saturday, with prosecutors outlining how Rushdie had been stabbed roughly 10 occasions in what they described as a deliberate, premeditated assault.
Rushdie's agent Andrew Wylie had mentioned the author was on a ventilator and at risk of dropping an eye fixed, however in an replace on Saturday he mentioned Rushdie had began to speak once more, suggesting his situation had improved.