, Gavrilo Princip was toasted by some Saturday in Sarajevo -- whether they wore T-shirts emblazoned with his face or admired a statue recently unveiled in his honor . Gavrilo Princip fired the shots on June 28 , 1914 . He fatally shot Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife . The assassination was a result of an Austrian plot to overthrow the government in Sarajevo which had been instigated by Germany.
Gavrilo Princip fired the shots on June 28 , 1914 . He fatally shot Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife . The assassination was a result of an Austrian plot to overthrow the government in Sarajevo which had been instigated by Germany.