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Police investigating JK Rowling threat as she's targeted for supporting Salman Rushdie

Harry Potter author JK Rowling was told 'you are next' in a tweet after she shared her support to author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed on stage at a literary event in New York this week

Daily Mirror

Police investigating ‘online threat’ made to JK Rowling following Salman Rushdie tweet

‘Don’t worry you are next,’ a user tweeted the author

The Independent UK

Police investigating 'online threat' to JK Rowling after Salman Rushdie tweet

POLICE said they are investigating a report of an “online threat” made to JK Rowling after she tweeted her reaction to the stabbing of Salman…

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JK Rowling receives death threat on Twitter after voicing support for Salman Rushdie

The Harry Potter author was reacting to the news of Sir Salman's stabbing, which occurred when he was about to deliver a lecture in New York state on Friday

Wales Online

Salman Rushdie taken off ventilator and talking, a day after being stabbed at New York event

In now-deleted tweet, fellow author Aatish Taseer says Rushdie was able to talk, which later the celebrated author’s agent Andrew Wylie confirms to the Associated Press

The Independent UK

You are next: 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling gets death threat, after attack on Salman Rushdie

The attack on former Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie on August 12, 2022 left his fans and friends from the literary world in a state of shock. Reacting to the news when 'Harry Potter' author JK Rowling expressed her support to Rushdie on Twitter, she was given a public death…

The Times of India

J.K. Rowling gets death threat after calling attack on Salman Rushdie "horrifying"

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Rowling threatened after Rushdie attack

The threat on Rowling's life was made by someone on Twitter who refers to themselves as an activist

Salon

JK Rowling gets Twitter 'death threat' after Salman Rushdie well wishes

The Harry Potter creator revealed she had contacted police after a troll told her "you are next" following her support of Rushdie, who was stabbed in New York.

Daily Record

JK Rowling's death threat as she's told 'you're next' after support for Salman Rushdie

Harry Potter author JK Rowling has received a death threat from an Islamist extremist after showing support for Salman Rushdie after he was attacked on stage

Daily Mirror

JK Rowling says ‘police are involved’ after receiving death threat following Salman Rushdie tweet

Response to Rowling’s message of support had read: ‘You are next’

The Independent UK

JK Rowling working with police after receiving threat following Rushdie tweet

The Harry Potter author shared screenshots of the potential threat to Twitter.

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie said he had ‘normal’ life just weeks before stabbing attack on stage

Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state - he is expected to lose his eye after the attack

Daily Mirror

Salman Rushdie: Boris Johnson and JK Rowling among those who reacted to author’s stabbing

The author was stabbed in the neck while on stage at a literary event, according to New York Police

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Al Jazeera

Novelist Salman Rushdie stabbed in New York: Reactions

Rushdie was stabbed on stage just before he was about to give a lecture at a literary festival in New York state.

The Independent UK

JK Rowling ‘feeling sick’ along with other notable faces after Rushdie stabbed

The Indian-born British author, 75, was left with an apparent stab wound to the neck.

Daily Record

Scots businessman who fired shots at a mum and kids also targeted JK Rowling

Paul Ritchie who awaiting sentence after terrifying Emma Davis and four youngsters had previously made threats of violence against author JK Rowling

The Independent UK

‘Harry Potter’ cafe owner in ‘limbo’ following fire damage last year

Renovation work at The Elephant House in Edinburgh cannot get under way until landlords make the building structurally sound, the owner says.

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The Guardian - UK

Tribunal rulings for gender-critical women have key implications

Analysis: recent cases strengthen protections for debate, but questions remain around workplace conflicts

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh Harry Potter fanatic disproves JK Rowling's denial that city inspired books

The footage on the social media site seems to show that a number of characters from the popular fantasy series were named after graves in Greyfriars Kirkyard, despite J K Rowling's continued denials.

Radio France Internationale

Can community spirit help the French snatch Quidditch Cup in European Games?

Quidditch flew off the pages of the Harry Potter novels in 2005 and its brooms landed in France in 2010. While the sport hasn’t grown as much as in the UK or Germany, France won the European Games in 2019 and hope to hang on to the title at the…

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh woman sells Harry Potter book for £3,750 after picking it up for just £10.99

After sitting on a bookshelf for years, a copy of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets has been sold for a whopping £3,750 after Sally Champion bought it for just £10.99 back in '98.

Edinburgh Live

Harry Potter-influenced Quidditch league changes name to 'distance selves' from JK Rowling

Organisers also pointed out that 'Quidditch' is trademarked by the US film giant Warner Bros, which produced the Harry Potter films, limiting the sport’s ability to grow.

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Real Life ‘Quidditch’ Players Distance Themselves From JKR By Changing Their Sport’s Name To ‘Quadball’

"Quadball isn’t just a new name, it’s a symbol for a future for the sport without limitations."

ABC News

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