On the 19th anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts (which took place May 2, 1998), J.K. Rowling took to Twitter to make her annual apology for killing off a beloved character from the Harry Potter series. Previously Rowling lamented the losses of Fred Weasley and Remus Lupin, who both died in Hogwarts, and this year...

OK, here it is. Please don't start flame wars over it, but this year I'd like to apologise for killing (whispers)... Snape. *runs for cover*

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 2, 2017

In case the police are reading my notifications, there's a Battle of Hogwarts anniversary tradition going on. I am not on a murder spree. https://t.co/urrUYAMe72

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 2, 2017

Rowling is currently at work on the final draft of the Fantastic Beasts 2 movie script, as well as the fourth installment in Robert Galbraith's Cormoran Strike crime series.