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Bosnia marks centenary of Sarajevo assassination

<p>The 1914 incident where Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by Serb revolutionary Gavrilo Princip triggered World War I</p>

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Bosnia: A range of cultural events to mark the centenary of the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Bosnian Serb revolutionary Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914, were held in Bosnia yesterday. Meanwhile, Serb politicians held parallel commorations.

Bosnian-Serb Gavrilo Princip in his prison cell after his arrest.
Bosnian-Serb Gavrilo Princip in his prison cell after his arrest. AFP/HISTORICAL ARCHIVES OF SARAJEVO

The central event in Sarajevo was a concert by the Vienna Philharmonic in the recently re-opened Vijecnica, the historic City Hall, which was recently refurbished after being shelled in the 1990s war.

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