Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
country of Serbia, assassins were recruited and trained to kill the Archduke as he
traveled through the streets of Sarajevo. These assassins were members of a
terrorist group called the Black Hand.
On June 28, 1914 Franz Ferdinand and his wife were in the third car of a
motorcade traveling through Sarajevo to the Town Hall. The Black Hand had
several assassins positioned along the route. On the way to the Town Hall, the
first assassination attempt occurred. A man named Nedeljko Cabrinovic threw a
bomb into the car with the Archduke. However, the bombed bounced off the car
and landed under the next car in the motorcade. The car with the Archduke was
able to speed away and make it safely to the Town Hall. The assassins did not
give up, however. On the return trip, the motorcade took a wrong turn. When the
driver began to back up, another assassin named Gavrilo Princip happened to be
right next to the car. He took advantage of this opportunity and began firing at
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