Nedeljko Čabrinović

Nedeljko Čabrinović
Nedeljko Čabrinović in custody, 1914
Born
Nedeljko Čabrinović

(1895-02-01)1 February 1895
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died23 January 1916(1916-01-23) (aged 20)
Theresienstadt Fortress, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Occupation(s)Typesetter, Political Activist
OrganizationYoung Bosnia
Known forRole in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
MotiveYugoslav nationalism
ConvictionHigh treason
Criminal penalty20 years of hard labour

Nedeljko Čabrinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Недељко Чабриновић; 1 February 1895 – 23 January 1916) was a Bosnian Serb typesetter and political activist, known for his role in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. A member of Young Bosnia, a nationalist revolutionary group advocating for the unification of South Slavs, he was one of six conspirators involved in the assassination attempt.

During the attack, Čabrinović threw a hand grenade at the Archduke's motorcade, but the explosive missed its target and detonated beneath the following vehicle. He was apprehended shortly after and later convicted of high treason. Since he was under 21, he was ineligible for the death penalty and received a twenty-year sentence of hard labour at the Theresienstadt fortress in Bohemia. While in prison, he endured harsh conditions and contracted tuberculosis, leading to his death on 23 January 1916. Following World War I, his remains were reinterred in Sarajevo alongside other conspirators in the Vidovdan Heroes Chapel.