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Genocide In Sarajevo

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The Australian Daily

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austrian heir, and his beloved wife Sophie, the duchess of Hohenburg, were shot and killed today by a Bosnian Serb nationalist during their official visit to Sarajevo, the capital of
Bosnia.

Prior to his visit to Sarajevo, the Archduke received multiple warnings to cancel the trip, however he still departed.
This morning, as Ferdinand and his wife were on their way to a reception at the town hall of Sarajevo where the major of Sarajevo had been expecting them. Little did they know that seven young Bosnians had fanned along the Appel Quay, the main avenue of Sarajevo running parallel to the Milijacka River where a Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Cabrinovic hurled bomb was thrown at their open-topped motor car but instead rolling underneath a different vehicle.
The explosion left multiple officers and a few bystanders slightly injured, Ferdinand and his wife were left unharmed. Cabrinovic, the nationalist jumped into the dry riverbed and made an attempt to kill himself before being seized. He …show more content…

The motor car travelled down the Appel Quay at high speed to attempt to avoid any other bomb throwers. By mistake, the car turned onto a side street, where Gavrio Princip happened to be loitering. As the cars attempted to reverse back out onto the Appel Quay, Princip pulled out his pistol and fired two shots into the direction of the Archduke and his wife. The first shot struck the duchess in the lower abdomen, as the second shot struck the neck of the heir, piercing the Jugular vein. The duchess lost consciousness almost instantly and fell across the knees of her husband. The Archduke lost consciousness a few seconds later. Both unconscious in the limousine, they were rushed to seek medical attention, however both died on the

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