Serbia unveils Gavrilo Princip monument
[RFE/RL] Serbia has unveiled a monument to Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of the Austro-Hungarian crown prince in Sarajevo helped trigger World War I. Princip, a Bosnian Serb nationalist, still inflames controversy in the Balkans.
Hundreds of Serbs attended the unveiling ceremony on June 28, the day of the assassination in 1914. It is also the Serbian national holiday St. Vitus day.
President Tomislav Nikolic described Princip as a hero. He said, "Princip was a symbol of the idea of freedom."
Posted by: ryuge 2015-06-30 |