Franz Ferdinand

Reason 1

The heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophia, visited the Bosnian city of Sarajevo. A group of conspirators waited in the streets who were member of the black hand. It was a Serbian terrorist organization, who wanted to Bosnia to be free of Austria- Hungary.

They planned to kill him along with his wife. First they tried to grow a bomb at their car, but it bounced and ended up hitting another car. Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian- Serb succeeded in shooting both of them.

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