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Bosnian Serbs Honor Assassin Who Triggered WWI

Bosnian Serbs today unveiled a statue of the gunman, Gavrilo Princip, who many Serbs regard as a hero fighting imperial impression.
Image: Bosnian Serbs lay flowers after the unvieling of a statue of Gavrilo Princip after an opening ceremony in East Sarajevo
Bosnian Serbs lay flowers after the unveiling of a statue of Gavrilo Princip, Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin, in East Sarajevo, Bosnia on Friday. DADO RUVIC / Reuters

100 years ago, on June 28, 1914, an assassin in Sarajevo shot dead Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, lighting the fuse for World War I. To mark the anniversary, Bosnian Serbs today unveiled a statue of the gunman, Gavrilo Princip, who many Serbs regard as a hero fighting imperial impression. Ferdinand's pregnant wife was also killed in the attack.

Image: BOSNIA-YUGOSLAVIA-SARAJEVO
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, shortly before his assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914. Thirty days later, Europe embarked on the bloodiest war the world had ever known.- / AFP - Getty Images