Terrorist attack

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

28 Jun 1914 · 43.86° N, 18.43° E

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When
28 Jun 1914
Kind
Terrorist attack
Killed
2
Coordinates
43.86° N, 18.43° E
Wounded
20

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

1914 shooting in Sarajevo

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. They were shot at close range while being driven through the provincial capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, formally annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908.

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