Key Points- Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Duchess Sophie received fatal gunshot wounds, officials have confirmed
- Bells toll across Sarajevo
- A young man arrested at scene named as Gavrilo Princip
- Earlier this morning the Archduke’s motorcade was targeted in a bomb attack but royal tour continued
- A special live report on the events that triggered World War One.
BBC -
1914 Live: History retold as breaking news, June 28, 2014 (
BBC World War I -
Radio 4, 1914: Day by Day,
Live)
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1914 - 'Reminder - The Killing Fields' - 'Carl Menger [1840-1921] .. saw .. all civilizations rushing toward the abyss.'(1914 - 2014) - '..the Middle East .. 100 years after that fateful summer in 1914.'Fourteen true stories - 14 – Diaries of the Great War</blockquote>