Alexander I of Yugoslavia

On 9 October 1934, just after King Alexander of Yugoslavia had arrived in the cruiser Dubrovnik for a State visit to France, a man later identified as Croatian nationalist Petros Kellerman jumped onto the running board of the King’s car and opened fire with a Mauser pistol at point blank range. In theconfusion, the chauffeur was wounded by a Royal escort, and the King accidentally bled to death in his car because his aides failed to apply a tourniquet.