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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
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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
Franz Ferdinand traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia to inspect their imperial armed forces. At Sarajevo, Franz and Sophie Ferdinand were traveling to City Hall for their official reception. However, the Black Hand, a Serbian terrorist group, planned to assassinate Franz. The 7 group members were stationed evenly along
While on a visit in Sarajevo, Archduke Franz Ferdinand's motorcade was first attacked was not successful that was avoided by the Archduke's driver and his driving skills. Princip thinking that by now all security for the Archduke were change, He was buying a sandwich when he saw himself five feet away from the Archduke, he shot Franz Ferdinand in the
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914 (Brook-Shepherd 250), gave the Austro-Hungarians the justification needed to attack the Pan-Slavic threat. All that was known at the time was that the assassins were Slavs (Kohn 255) and that they had committed the crime in the hotbed of Pan-Slavic attention in Bosnia. It was later revealed that the murderer was associated with the afore-mentioned “Black Hand” group that advocated unification of all Slavs at whatever the cost (MacKenzie 61) The immediate significance of the murder was that it gave Austria-Hungary a pretext for suppressing the Pan-Slavic
On June 28, Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were riding through Sarajevo in an open car when suddenly, a young terrorist by the name of Gavrilo Princip stepped from the curb and took aim at the couple with a pistol. Just like that, the heir to the throne and his wife were
Thirty people were killed instantly. Eight later died from their injuries and hundreds of others were injured. A majority of the persons killed were messengers making deliveries, stenographers, clerks, and brokers (Gross, 2001).The blast was so strong it sent debris soaring as high as 34 floors and derailed a street car one block over(Andrews, 2014). Buildings shook as their large windows burst inwards. Luckily, most of the occupants inside were spared
“Right after he shot the man and the woman, the same person from the opposite side fired a gunshot at him again” said the witnesses. After which he also got his right forearm injured badly.
That was the beginning of Frankum’s mass murder. Wade Frankum continued to kill with his gun, shooting bullets all over the place. He moved from the café to a nearby supermarket and later to the
On June 28 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, while riding in an open car, had a grenade thrown at them by . The grenade missed and injured a guard who was behind their car. The guard worked for the archduke, and to pay his respects he visited the hospital the officer was in. They took a wrong turn and the associate of the man who threw the grenade happened to be on the street where they turned. 19 year old Gavrilo Princip, who was dying of tuberculosis, spotted the car and shot the archduke and his wife killing them both. The assassination was completed and a point had been made.
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On June 28th Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie were assassinated at a local coffee shop in Sarajevo, Austria by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the terrorist group ‘The Black Hand’. The Archduke and Duchess were at the coffee shop after their driver took a wrong turn which lead them to their end.
Some of the bullets managed to hit some of the barrels which caused a chain reaction of explosions. Soldiers everywhere were returning fire while other gasping for help. Fletcher scanned around the room for Marcel. He saw him lying behind a brick wall as cover. He seemed to be severely injured as his hand, tainted with blood, covered of what seemed to be several bullet holes. Fletcher couldn’t believe what was happening. There were soldiers lying lifeless here and there. It was complete chaos. Fletcher knew he had been fooled. He knew that secretly there was no prize. He knew that he had to
Genocide is the systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group. In Germany during World War II a man named Hitler tried to eliminate any race except for what he called the "Arian" race. In the process he committed genocide by killing off 6 million Jews and a total of 8 million people in all. Europe was going through some very hard times during the mid 1900's so that no one was able to see a disaster such as the Holocaust coming. Many things led to the weakening of Europe at the time. The Ottoman Empire was breaking up plus they were still trying to get over the devastation of WW I. Bosnia and Herzegovina had been having many problems as well. They were a witness to much change and
Franz Ferdinand was the archduke of Austria-Hungary. On June 28, 1914, Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, were visiting Sarajevo when the two were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Serbian terrorist group, the Black Hand. After several failed attempts from members of the Black Hand that day, the members were running out of hope. However, due to a communication problem with the driver of Ferdinand and his wife’s car, they were forced to turn around in an alley that Princip was hidden in. Two shots later, the pair was dead within minutes and Austria-Hungary was ready to make Serbian’s pay for what they did. Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination had different effects but the biggest one was the start of World War I.
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