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Steven Rae

JK Rowling blasts Twitter troll who encouraged people to bomb her Edinburgh home

Harry Potter author JK Rowling took to Twitter at the weekend to hit back after a vile online troll encouraged members of the public to bomb her Edinburgh home.

The social media user shared the controversial author's home address with a picture of a pipe bomb and a guide to bomb making.

The 56-year-old posted the tweet to her millions of followers, urging those using the platform to 'be kind'. The account that shared the tweet has since been deleted as of Sunday morning.

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