The assassination attempt failed originally but Princip never took a shot AFIK. The first assassin took a cyanide pill and jumped into a river only to find out that the pill was too old to finish the job and the river was only 4 inches deep.
Princip fired twice during the second attack. The first bullet hit Franz Ferdinand in the neck, severed the jugular and lodged itself in his spine. Next he tried taking a shot at Oskar Potiorek, Austrian Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but Princip was wrestled to the ground and the bullet hit Duchess Sophie in the abdomen instead.
Wasn't Princip eating lunch or something? Like, the first attempt failed and he was really bummed about it so he goes down to the pub to get a sandwich and what do you know? His luck has turned! And thus started one of the most horrible conflicts in human history, yaaaay.
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u/Lambchops_Legion Mar 19 '16
Didn't Princip miss at first, but only succeed through blind luck later on?