A police investigation into an “on-line risk” to JK Rowling over her help for stabbing sufferer Sir Salman Rushdie has been dropped.
The Harry Potter writer, 57, shared screenshots of a message from a person who wrote “don’t fear you're subsequent” in response to her tweet about Sir Salman final month.
Indian-born British writer Sir Salman, whose writing led to demise threats from Iran within the Nineteen Eighties, was to ship a lecture on the Chautauqua Establishment, 65 miles from Buffalo in New York state, when he was stabbed on August 12.
He has confronted years of threats over his e book The Satanic Verses, which has been banned in Iran since 1988 as many Muslims view it as blasphemous.
Ms Rowling had mentioned she felt “very sick” after listening to the information and hoped the novelist would “be OK”.
The identical Twitter account to have messaged Ms Rowling additionally posted messages praising the person who carried out the assault.
The tweet, which got here from an account in Pakistan, was later eliminated.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman mentioned: “Following a report made to police on Saturday August 13 2022 relating to a web based risk, enquiries have been carried out into this matter and it has been established that it was made outwith the UK.
“Enquiries at the moment are full and there's no additional police motion at the moment.”