Assassination Figure. Nedeljko Cabrinovic received recognition, as a Bosnian Serb, for being part of the group of young men, who plotted to assassinate the Austrian-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. On Sunday, June 28, 1914, the Archduke and his wife were touring the city of Sarajevo in an opened-top car of a six-car motorcade, making them easy targets. He was a member of the “Young Bosnian,” a political paramilitary group that were pro-Yugoslav. These zealous young men were acting as a branch of the Black Hand, a secret military society form in 1901 by the officers in the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia. They had but one goal: Bosnia and Herzegovina achieving independence from Austria-Hungary, who had recently annexed their country without the citizens' permission. He threw two grenades in the first attack on the royal couple's motorcade. One grenade hit the car behind the royal couple's vehicle, wounding the officer, who was the driver. The motorcade stopped as the Archduke oversaw the treatment of the wounded. Later that day, a second assassination attempt was successful when Gavrilo Princip pulled a hand gun, shooting and killing the Archduke and his wife. The seven men that were involved in the assassination conspiracy were arrested brought to trial, found guilty and hung except for those under the age of twenty. Since he was under the age of twenty years old, he could not be hung. Some historians consider this group as terrorists while others as patriots. Born the oldest of five children in a poor abusive household, he left school without graduating. He held several jobs but the income was low causing him to be constantly in poor living conditions. He joined the Black Hand in 1912. Cabrinovic, Grabež, and Princip were all suffering from tuberculosis and knew they would not live long, thus volunteered for this assignment. After his attempt to assassinate the Archduke failed, he swallowed an outdated cyanide capsule and jumped in the River Mijacka in an attempt to commit suicide, but the police captured him. He failed at the assassination attempt as well as his suicide. He was captured by the police before Princip's successful assassination. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but died on July 20, 1916. Before his death, he formally apologized to the children of the Archduke, and two of the children wrote a letter in reply stating that he was forgiven. The remains of many involved in the assassination were buried in a common unmarked grave in Sarajevo, and 19 years later their bones were transferred to the Chapel of Vidovdan Heroes in St. Marks Cemetery. The assassination of the Archduke may have hastened the start of World War I.