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How old was Gavrilo during the assassination?

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Gavrilo Princip was 19 years old when he assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on June 28, 1914. Princip was a member of a Serbian nationalist group called Young Bosnia, which was opposed to Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Princip and other members of Young Bosnia had planned to assassinate Franz Ferdinand during his visit to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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