User:Tbarnett21/sandbox





On June 28, 2016 Franz Ferdinand's wedding anniversary was in Sarajevo. Franz and his wife Sophie were touring Sarajevo in an open car with little security which was dangerous. A Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Cabrinovic took advantage of this and threw a bomb at their car. The bomb rolled off the back of the vehicle and wounded an officer and a few bystanders. Later that day, Franz Ferdinand and his wife were on their way to visit the wounded officer. 19 year old Gavrilo Princip happened to be loitering and looking for an opportunity to strike at the couple. Princip fired into the car at point blank range shooting Franz and Sophie. After shooting the couple Princip then turned the gun at himself, but was prevented from shooting it by a bystander who ran at Princip. An angry mob charged the assassin, but Princip fought back. He was eventually wrestled to the ground by the police. Franz and Sophie only lasted another hour after they were shot. The murder of Franz Ferdinand and Sophie sat off chain of events. Many countries blamed the Serbian government for the attack.