K-Pop band BTS received death threats Park Ji-min, usually known as Jimin of the band BTS received a death threat from an anonymous account.
Jimin, the singer of the South Korean septet, threatened by an Instagram fan account of fellow BTS members Jeon Jung-Kook and Kim Tae-Hyung aka V. The story shared by the account with the username ‘vkookv_123’.
Forward of the much-anticipated Busan concert of the global sensation, the account shared a picture of guns followed by the warning declaration for the ‘Filter’ singer. The person wrote, “When you go to the concert, I hope you hurt Jimin or his father.”
@InstagramComms how do you report death threats when an account quickly deactivates? #jimin #parkjimin #reportforjimin #bts pic.twitter.com/7nqvsjWucW
— lklm????✨???? (@lakenne3) September 30, 2022
Death threats:
“I promise I’ll kill him,” the statement read further, as the OP alleged Jimin to be an ‘block’ between Jungkook and V.
“Please kill him, I will try to shoot him. Tell all the Taekookers, I will kill him.”
The screengrab of the story was shared on the micro-blogging site and the BTS ARMY on Twitter reacted to the ‘non-existing ship’, criticizing the toxic shippers among the fandom.
“It’s actually, actually, so so regarding that Jimin and his family getting death threats on a public social media platform. And posted to their 7K followers audience that they hurt him and his family all for what?? a non-existing ship they dream about,” read a tweet on the matter.
Additional BTS ARMY wrote. “This is crazy, and big hit is giving more importance to a rumor, I mean, ofc tae situation is bad, but here we’re talking about death threats not only towards a member but also his whole family.”
It is relevant to mention that the account which made the temporary post on Instagram, taken down within hours.