After the barbaric event, where the author and partisan of free speech, Salman Rushdie was attacked in a literature lecture held in New York, celebrities and not only reacted with shock. Among them was the author of the "Harry Potter" saga, Joanne Rowling, known as JKRowling.
She expressed her sadness at the attack on Salman Rushdie and wished him well in a tweet, but it wasn't long before a supporter of the attack on the author responded saying: "Don't worry, it's your turn." .
. @TwitterSupport any chance of some support? pic.twitter.com/AoeCzmTKaU
— JK Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 13, 2022
Rowling immediately tagged the account responsible for Twitter support, saying: "Any chance for support?" and later, updated fans thanking them and letting them know that the police have been involved in the threat issue.
As for Salman Rushdie's condition, he is under the care of doctors and it is said that due to the stabbing in the neck, he may lose his eye. Also, at the moment he cannot sleep, and the nerves in his arm and liver have been damaged.
Rushdie has been targeted by extremists for years, after the publication of the work "The Satanic Verses", which many Muslim believers considered blasphemy. The attack on him is considered an extraordinary setback for free speech and has shocked people around the world.
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