the murder of franz ferdinand and wife: an executive protection assessment

The Murder of Franz Ferdinand and

Wife

An assessment of a high-profile

assassination from an Executive

Protection perspective

Copyright © Margarita L Emmanuelli

AN Security 2014

Part One

8/27/2014

The client

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Heir

Apparent of the Austro-Hungarian

Empire and his wife Sophie with

their children

Photo credit: www.gogmsite.ne

Background

• Franz Ferdinand Heir Apparent of the Austria-Hungary empire to visit Sarajevo June 1914

• To supervise military maneuvers in nearby Bosnia then visit the city

• Targeted by young members of terrorist organization Black Hand

• The assassination unraveled existing tensions in European powers to go into WWI a month later

Threat Analysis

Client

Habsburg

Family Threat

History

Attempt in 1853 by János Libényi

Assassinated by

Luigi Lucheni in

Geneva 1898

Emperor Franz Joseph I

of AustriaEmpress Elisabeth (Sissi)

of Austria

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

and Duchess Sophie von Hohenburg

Attempt 1858

by Guglielmo

(Wilhelm) Oberdan

Bogdan Žerajić

Богдан Жерајић

Cancelled

attempt in 1910

for Bosnian

Governor

Gavrilo Princip

Гаврило Принцип

Murdered the archducal

couple (Shooting)

His hero was Bogdan

Žerajić

Nedeljko Čabrinović

Недељко Чабриновић

First assassination attempt (Bomb)

Emperor Franz Joseph I visit to Sarajevo 1910

Security Measures

Troops lined up streets, mass arrests or banishment from city during visit of any subversives or known

criminals.

Photo credit: www.bbc.com

The Journey

Franz Ferdinand and Sophie’s Travel Routes

Franz Ferdinand

Sophie

Photo credit: expo2008bosnia.edublogs.org

Franz Ferdinand arrives train station Ilidže

June 25 1914

Photo credits Sarajevo Museum

Duchess Sophie arrives at The Hotel Bosna

Ilidže

25 June 1914

Photo credit: Die Welt.de

Field Maneuvers Bosnia

Military troop review at

Mostar

Photo credit: Sueddeutsche Zeitung

Potential vulnerabilities

Unscheduled Shopping in Sarajevo

27 June 1914

Photo credit: www.theguardian.com/travel/WWI Propaganda Cards.com

Archducal couple shopped at Oriental Bazaar day

before assassination and assassin conducted

surveillance.

Potential vulnerabilities

Day of Assassination

28 June 1914

Franz Ferdinand and Sophie arrived in Sarajevo

28 June 1914

Photo credit http://cdn2.spiegel.de

• Security detail of several detectives left behind at station

• Only chief of police and local cops rode first car

• No additional police escorts with 6-car motorcade

• One Army physician, all others archducal party and mayor

Key Locations

KONAK MANSION

Princip Shoots Couple 11:00AM

Čabrinović throws bomb10:12 AM

LEAVE CITY HALL 10:56AM

Google Maps

Scene of first attack with bomb

crowd gathers outside damaged building and street

Photo credit: The London Illustrated News July 11, 1914 (RET News)

Chaos at bombing scene on Appel Quay

Photo credit: www.planet-wissen.de

Vehicle Interior

Photo credits: Das Auto von Sarajevo by Von M. Christian Ortner und Thomas Ilming

& Spiegel.de

Vehicle Damage Bomb

Close-up bullet hole

round that killed Sophie

From Das Auto von Sarajevo by Von M. Christian Ortner und Thomas Ilming

Franz Ferdinand and

Sophie arrive at City Hall

following bomb attack

At Sarajevo City Hall

Reception following

bombing

Photo credits: news.com.au & The Guardian.com

Visit continued in spite of attack

Nedeljko ČabrinovićArrested for bombing

Photo credit: www.blic.rs

Schedule Change

Final Assassination

Franz Ferdinand and

Sophie on route to

hospital via Appel Quay

before assassination

Drive mistakenly turns right at corner

of Franz Joseph Strasse by Moritz

Schiller’s Deli. Gavrilo Princip awaits

in the crowd.

From Das Auto von Sarajevo by Von M. Christian Ortner und Thomas Ilming

Gavrilo Princip

Shooter

Photo credit vijesti.in.rs

Moritz Schiller’s Deli

on Franz Joseph Strasse

Site of assassination 1914-Present

Photo credit A blast from the past blog/Financial Times.com

Route of Archducal party and assassin positioning

http://acienciala.faculty.ku.edu

Archducal couple taken to Konak Mansion for treatment

Photo credit BBC.com

Franz Ferdinand’s uniform

Heeresgeschichtliches Museum website

Franz Ferdinand shot in the neck

Round severed jugular vein, lodged in spine

Photo credit: Healthmad.com

Photo credit: Getty Images

Duchess Sophie von Hohenberg shot in the lower

abdomen

Photo credit medical illustration

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Study Blue flashcards

Photo credit: Getty Images

No one wants to

see a headline like this

after any mission

Bibliography

The Sarajevo Trial, W.A. Dolph Owings, ed. pages 54-69Catastrophe 1914: Europe goes to war, Max HastingsBosnia, In the footsteps of Gavrilo Princip, Tony FabijancicExecutive Protection: New Solutions for a new era, Robert L. OatmanThe Trigger, Hunting the Assassin who Brought the World to War, Tim ButcherThe Assassination of the Archduke, Greg King and Sue WoolmansThe Origins of World War I 1871-1914, Joachim RemakSarajevo: The Story of a Political Murder, Joachim RemakThe War that ended Peace, Margaret MacMillanThe Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, Christopher ClarkDas Auto von Sarajevo by Von M. Christian Ortner und Thomas Ilming

Photograph Sources

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http://i.dawn.com/primary/2014/06/53af289720cd7.jpg?r=1002782950

http://www.cable-car-guy.com/images/blog/2014/franz_ferdinand_nytrib_19140629_001.jpg

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