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Archduke Franz Ferdinand with his wife Sophie and their children, Sophie, Maximilian and Ernst.© IWM (Q81810)

War chronicle · 28 Hune · Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary

Te kōhurutanga

Nā te kōhurutanga o te āti tiuka o Ateria-Hanekari, ka taka te ao ki te pakanga nui.

Kua hinga te uri o te Arikinui. Ko te Āti Tiuka Franz Ferdinand tērā, ka riro māna te Emepaea o Ateria-Hanekari. Kua puhia rāua ko tōna wahine, ko Hōhi, i tētahi o ngā tiriti o Hareapo, ki Pōngia-Herekōmina.

Ko te kaikōhuru ko Gavril Princip, 19 tau te pakeke. I roto i ngā tau, ko te whakapae a te nuinga, nōna i taka atu ai te katoa o te ao ki te pakanga. He mema ia o te rōpū Ringa Mangu, arā, he iwi huna e whai ana kia noho ngā whenua o Pōngia me Herekōmina ki raro i te mana whakahaere o Hawia, kaua o Ateria-Hanekari.

I muri mai i te kōhurutanga, ka mauhere a Princip rātou ko ōna kaikakai tokowhitu. Ka whakawākia e te kōti. Ka kitea ngā hara o te katoa, heoi, kāore rātou i tukuna kia mate i te mea he rangatahi tonu rātou. Ka whiua a Princip e te ture, ka mauheretia mō te 20 tau.

Heoi, ka pau te toru tau noa, kātahi ka hinga a ia i te mate kohi. Ka pono tonu ia ki te tika o tana mahi kōhuru.

Photos & objects

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife shortly before their assassination, Sarajevo, 28 June 1914.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife shortly before their assassination, Sarajevo, 28 June 1914.© IWM (Q114772)
Three of the group involved in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Right to left: Gavrilo Princip, Nedelko Chabrinovich and Trifko Grabej.
Three of the group involved in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Right to left: Gavrilo Princip, Nedelko Chabrinovich and Trifko Grabej.© IWM (Q114773)
Souvenir cloth, 1914-18.
Souvenir cloth, 1914-18.AWMM: W2559. © Auckland Museum CC BY