Nedeljko Čabrinović

Nedeljko Čabrinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Недељко Чабриновић; 1 February 1895 – 23 January 1916) was a Bosnian Serb typesetter and political activist, known for his role in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914.

A member of Young Bosnia, a nationalist revolutionary group advocating for the unification of South Slavs, he was one of six conspirators involved in the assassination attempt.

During the attack, Čabrinović threw a hand grenade at the Archduke's motorcade, but the explosive missed its target and detonated beneath the following vehicle.

He subsequently pursued various apprenticeships before securing a position at a Serbian printing plant in Sarajevo, where he spent two years training as a typesetter.

[3] Čabrinović lived and worked in several cities, including Novi Sad, Karlovci, and Šid, where he was employed at the Socialist Printing House.

[9] While frequenting cafés popular among Bosnian expatriates and Chetnik veterans of the Balkan Wars, Čabrinović and Princip came across a newspaper article detailing the planned visit of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria to Bosnia in June.

[10] Princip, already intent on an assassination, persuaded Čabrinović and Trifko Grabež, the 18-year-old son of a Serbian Orthodox priest, to join the plot to kill the Archduke during his official visit to Sarajevo.

[12] Ciganović then arranged a meeting with Major Vojislav Tankosić, a prominent Chetnik leader and a Black Hand member of Bosnian descent, who provided them with weapons and training in their use.

[13] On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Duchess Sophie Chotek, arrived in Sarajevo by train shortly before 10 am.

Just before 10:30 am, as the motorcade passed the central police station, he stood on the riverside of the boulevard and threw his M.12 Vasić hand grenade towards the Archduke's car.

The poison proved non-lethal, causing only foaming at the mouth and vomiting,[13] while the river was only 4 inches (10 cm) deep due to the dry summer.

[18] Following the assassination, Nedeljko Čabrinović was arrested along with twenty-four others, as the investigation identified six primary conspirators involved in the plot to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

[21] His sentence also included one day per month without food or water and annual solitary confinement in total darkness on 28 June, the anniversary of the assassination.

[23] Following World War I, his remains were exhumed and returned to Sarajevo, where he was interred alongside the other conspirators in a common grave at the Vidovdan Heroes Chapel.

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Duchess Sophie in their open-top car in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, moments before the assassination attempt by Nedeljko Čabrinović.
Čabrinović (front row, second from left) during the Sarajevo trial in late 1914, where he was convicted of high treason for his role in the assassination plot against Archduke Franz Ferdinand.