[HPforGrownups] Question about Harry's scar

[Jennifer Angliss]

No: HPFGUIDX 53928

At 01:52 PM 03/18/2003 , grace701 wrote:
>I was thinking of how Voldemort used the Killing Curse to try to
>kill Harry.  If I'm not mistaken, in order for you to kill someone,
>your wand must be pointed at their heart.  So when Voldemort used
>the curse, it rebounded and landed on Voldemort instead.  Now if it
>rebounded, why does Harry have a scar on his forehead instead of his
>chest?  I know I may be reading too much in between the lines, but
>could there be another reason as to how Harry got that lightning
>scar?
>
>Correct me if I'm wrong about the wand having to be pointed at the
>person's heart.

There isn't anything in canon about the wand having to be pointed at the 
person's head. I've checked all three mentions of AK that I can think of 
(DADA class, and two instances in the graveyard) and none of them mention 
the wands being pointed anywhere in particular.

Jennifer