The world was shocked by the assassination, which was not the first assassination to take place in the Balkans during this period. Ultimately that made little difference, for it was a Serbian that killed the Archduke and future leader of Austria Hungary. Princip was not representing the Serbian government instead, he was part of a dissident group that opposed the government. One was fatal for Ferdinand and the second for his wife. He’s saw his opportunity and took out his pistol and fired two shots. The car made a wrong turn and intersected with Gavrilo Princip, who was the third member of a group that wished to assassinate Ferdinand. They continued with the visit, and a second bomb was thrown, but this one did not explode. They were unijured, but one officer was hurt. On June 28, 1914, Ferdinand and his wife visited City Hall, there a bomb was thrown the car. He had been warned that visiting Sarajevo might be dangerous. As inspector General decided to visit Sarajevo, the capital of the province of Bosnia. He was also the inspector general of the army. The Serbians wanted to detach Bosnia from the Austro- Hungarian Empire.Īrchduke Frans Ferdinand was the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The assassin was a Serbian nationalist whose co-conspirators were in Belgrade. The Archduke had been on a visit to Bosnia. Prince Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and hsi wife,were assassinated in Sarajevo. The moment when the Austrian archdukes, following the first attempt against their lives, arrived at the City Council (of Sarajevo), where they were received by the mayor and the municipal corporation
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