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I have this weird "Archduke Franz Ferdinand" feeling...

• jeanlucas 4y ago
  Why? I don't see much parallel given he is an _ex_ prime minister.
  • hackerlight 4y ago
    > _ex_ prime minister That's not the relevant distinction. The relevant distinction is that Abe was assassinated by a Japanese national, not by a foreign national, so in this instance there will be no catalyst for escalation and payback.
    • sofixa 4y ago
      Gavrilo Princip wasn't a foreign national, he was Bosnian which was then (at his birth and in 1914) ruled by Austria-Hungary, one of the many ethnic groups that composed the empire. He was part of a Bosnian revolutionary group that was helped/sponsored/trained by Serbia, so there's a foreign connection, but he wasn't a foreigner.
  • danuker 4y ago
    Franz Ferdinand was heir presumptive, not Emperor.
• s_dev 4y ago
  The killer would have to have been sanctioned/trained/sent by a foreign power -- unlikely.
  • wyclif 4y ago
    • hectorlorenzo 4y ago
      Please do not spread rumours.