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Describe the motivation behind the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. Was it done with the desire of starting a war?

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The intentions of the assassin who killed the Archduke did not included starting a massive war. The assassin was a member of a Serbian terrorists organization that wanted Austria-hunger to give up Bosnia so it could join the Serbian Kingdom.
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