The authorities in the United Kingdom said on Sunday that they were being investigating an on the internet threat against the writer J.K. Rowling after she supplied support on social media to Salman Rushdie, the novelist who was attacked previous 7 days at an event in western New York.
Hours immediately after the attack on Mr. Rushdie, who was stabbed around 10 periods as he well prepared to speak at the Chautauqua Establishment, Ms. Rowling tweeted her condolences. She to start with wrote on Twitter, “Horrifying information,” then extra: “Feeling really sick proper now. Allow him be Alright.”
In response, a consumer with the handle @MeerAsifAziz1 replied: “Don’t be concerned you are upcoming.”
The tweet was later on deleted even though the account remained lively as of Sunday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said that the authorities had obtained a report of an online threat against Ms. Rowling and that an investigation was ongoing.
On Saturday, Ms. Rowling, 57, who wrote the award-winning “Harry Potter” publications, assailed Twitter for making it possible for the social media account that lodged the threat to remain lively.
“@TwitterSupport These are your guidelines, ideal?” she wrote. “Violence: You might not threaten violence towards an unique or a team of people. We also prohibit the glorification of violence…”
Twitter did not right away answer to a ask for for remark.
On Sunday, Warner Bros. Discovery, the leisure firm behind the “Harry Potter” film variations, presented a statement condemning the assault on Ms. Rowling.
“We stand with her and all the authors, storytellers and creators who bravely specific their creativeness and opinions,” the company said in a assertion, which also offered condolences to Mr. Rushdie and his loved ones.
“The organization strongly condemns any type of risk, violence or intimidation when opinions, beliefs and ideas may possibly vary,” the statement explained.
Mr. Rushdie went into hiding in 1989, soon following the publication of his novel “The Satanic Verses.” The e-book, which contained fictionalized depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, offended many Muslims, and resulted in a fatwa, or religious edict, from Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the supreme chief of Iran, who urged Muslims to eliminate the creator. In 1998, the country’s president said Iran no lengthier supported the edict.
As Mr. Rushdie prepared to communicate at the Chautauqua Establishment, a guy, later discovered by the police as Hadi Matar, 24, of New Jersey, stormed the stage and stabbed him. Mr. Rushdie continues to be in a medical center in Erie, Pa., and his agent stated on Sunday that he was recovering.
Mr. Matar has pleaded not responsible in the assault.
