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Why did the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand spark world war 1

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The Austria-Hungary government saw the assassination as a direct attack on the country.

They believed that the Serbians had helped the Bosnian terrorists in the attack.

When Serbia rejected the demands, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
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