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Hacker puts alleged Potter ending on web

Rowling's book out 21 July
Rowling's book out 21 July

A computer hacker has posted on a website what he claims are the two most burning questions surrounding the seventh and final Harry Potter book - how the book ends, and which two characters die.

The hacker, who goes by the name Gabriel, claims to have taken a digital copy of author J.K. Rowling's seventh and final book, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,' by breaking into a computer at London-based Bloomsbury Publishing.

For months now, leading up to the book's 21 July release, legions of Harry Potter fans have debated whether Rowling killed Harry or one of his best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, in the final book.

A spokeswoman for Bloomsbury played down the claims, saying there were "lots of rumours on the internet."

The hacker said he posted the spoiler "to make reading of the upcoming book useless and boring."

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