Assassination at Sarajevo

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Key points

• 1908 – Austria annexed Bosnia, and its capital Sarajevo. This angered many Bosnian Serbs, whose loyalties were to Serbia.
• Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
• On the 28th June 1914, Franz Ferdinand visited Sarajevo.
• Seven young Bosnian Serbs planned to assassinate Franz Ferdinand. A first terrorist threw a bomb at Ferdinand's car. He missed and was arrested.
• A second terrorist, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.

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