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=Gavrilo Princip=

Princip was one of three men sent by the chief of the Black Hand to assassinate the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, during his visit to Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. The three men were instructed to commit suicide after killing the Archduke. To this end they were each given a phial of cyanide, along with a revolver and grenades. Each of the men suffered from tuberculosis and consequently knew that they did not have long to live. Archduke Ferdinand was driving down a street after his speech and he and his wife, Sophie were shot and killed by Princip. In total eight men were charged with treason and Franz Ferdinand's murder. However under Austro-Hungarian law capital punishment could not be applied to anyone under the age of 20 when the crime was committed. Gavrilo Princip, whose precise date of birth could not be firmly established at his trial, was therefore imprisoned for the maximum duration, twenty years. He died of tuberculosis on 28 April 1918 .

> > "What is the good of your speeches? I come to Sarajevo on a visit, and I get bombs thrown at me. It is outrageous!" Archduke Franz Ferdinand interrupting the Mayor's welcome speech at Sarajevo's city hall, 28 June 1914.