The Archduke and his wife leaving the train in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. The Archduke and his wife emerging from the Sarajevo Town Hall to board their car on the morning the were killed. The Archduke and Duchess in the car, the morning they were killed. As was expected, the complex web of alliances was activated as Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary, Germany declared war on Russia, and France and Britain declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. After demanding impossible reparations and failing to receive them, Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand gave the hardliners in Austria-Hungary the opportunity to take action against Serbia and put an end to their fight for independence. On 26 March, Danilo Ilić and Muhamed Mehmedbašić had already agreed to kill Franz Ferdinand based on instructions from Belgrade predating the newspaper clipping and the discussions amongst the three assassins in Belgrade. The defendants refused or were unable to provide details under examination. Trifko Grabež testified that he and Princip, also at about the time of Easter, agreed between them to make an assassination of either Governor Potiorek or Franz Ferdinand and a little later settled on Franz Ferdinand. Princip went on to testify that, at about the time of Easter (19 April), he wrote an allegorical letter to Ilić informing him of the plan to kill Franz Ferdinand. Princip explained to the court he had already read about Franz Ferdinand’s upcoming visit in German papers. He then showed the newspaper clipping to Princip and the next day they agreed they would kill Franz Ferdinand. Nedeljko Čabrinović claimed the idea of killing Franz Ferdinand came from a newspaper clipping he received in the mail at the end of March announcing Franz Ferdinand’s planned visit to Sarajevo. Both died before reaching the hospital.Īssassination illustrated in the Italian newspaper Domenica del Corriere, 12 July 1914 by Achille Beltrame.Īt trial, it was noted that the three assassins from Belgrade tried to take all blame on themselves. As the car backed up, Princip approached and fired his gun, striking Sophie in the abdomen and the archduke in the neck.
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On the route back to the palace, the Archduke’s driver took a wrong turn into a side street, where 19-year-old nationalist Gavrilo Princip was waiting. Franz Ferdinand is reputed to have shouted in anger to local officials, “So, you welcome your guests with bombs?!” He also reportedly stated, “What is the good of your speeches? I come to Sarajevo on a visit, and I get bombs thrown at me. The driver accelerated when he saw the flying object, and the bomb exploded underneath the wheel of the next car, injuring two of its occupants along with a dozen spectators. At 10:10 a.m., as the motorcade passed the central police station, a Black Hand agent, Nedjelko Cabrinovic, hurled a hand grenade at the archduke’s car.
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