Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling received a death threat from a Twitter user on Saturday who lauded the stabbing of fellow author Salman Rushdie.
Rowling had posted on Friday night about Rushdie’s stabbing, saying the incident was "Horrifying news. Feeling very sick right now. Let him be ok."
She later shared a screenshot of a reply by Meer Asif Aziz, who described himself as a Pak "student, social
Aziz responded to her post saying the stabber, Hadi Matar, was a "revolutionary Shia fighter." He went on to threaten Rowling, saying: "Don’t worry you are next."
In Saturday’s post, Rowling asked Twitter for "some support." Aziz’s account appeared to have been disabled in the following hours.
Rowling added that police were involved in the recent threat, along with others.
According to an archive of his account, Aziz previously tweeted about his desire to destroy Israel and branded the Jewish state, Ukraine, and India as "terrorist states."
He also appeared to be a supporter of Iran’s Lord High Potentate and Supreme Leader of All He Surveys Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.... "Dear leader your struggle for Islamic world will not be wasted until we young generation are with you," Aziz wrote in a reply to a Khamenei tweet.
There was no immediate comment from Twitter on the incident.
.@TwitterSupport any chance of some support? pic.twitter.com/AoeCzmTKaU
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 13, 2022