Why did Voldemort kill Harry Potter?

In the story, Voldemort wanted to kill Harry Potter because he heard the prediction that a boy would defeat him, and Harry Potter met the characteristics of the prediction.

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At the height of Voldemort's power, sibyll trelawney, the descendant of the famous prophet, wanted to apply for teaching divination at Hogwarts. In an interview at the Pig's Head Bar, Dumbledore predicted that a boy who was "born in a family that repelled the Dark Lord three times", "will be born at the end of the seventh month" and has "power that the Dark Lord doesn't understand" will appear and defeat Voldemort.

Their conversation was overheard by severus snape, a spy who joined the Death Eaters at that time, but Snape was kicked out by the bar owner only after listening to the first half.

When Voldemort heard this prophecy from Snape, he quickly began to plan the assassination. At that time, two newborn boys met the prophecy, namely Harry Potter and neville longbottom. Voldemort thought that Harry must be his nemesis in prophecy and began to hunt down the Potter family.

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198 1 Halloween night, Voldemort came to Godric's Valley where the Potters were hiding and killed James Potter and lily potter. However, when trying to kill the baby Harry, who is only 15 months old, because Lily sacrificed herself and put the ultimate protection spell on her son before she died, Voldemort's Abada death curse rebounded.

At that time, Voldemort was very unstable because of his evil deeds, and his soul split many times and was tempered by spells. A small part of his broken soul is stored in Harry, which inadvertently makes him the seventh horcrux.

In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, with the help of peter pettigrew, Voldemort is restored to the flesh. 1on may 2, 998, he cast a death spell with an elder wand in the second wizard war, which bounced back to death.

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