I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.

This created a stir among Slavic people of southern Europe and the Russian Tsar who opposed the annexation. The Croatian Ustaše destroyed the house again. Standing by the Austro-Hungarian Bank Mehmedbašić lost his nerve and allowed the car to pass without taking action.

Gavrilo Princip (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило Принцип pronounced [ɡǎʋrilɔ prǐntsip]; 25 July [O. Princip was a Yugoslav nationalist associated with the movement Mlada Bosna (Young Bosnia) which predominantly consisted of Serbs but also Bosniaks and Croats. During his trial he stated "I am a Yugoslav nationalist aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs and I do not care what form of state but it must be free from Austria.