Petrit Latifi

In 1914, the “Tiroler Post” published an article about how Major Tankosic, the Serb who was involved in the murder of Prince Ferdinand, had tried to hide by identifying as Bujakovic. The Austrian authorities however saw through his lies and had him arrested. When the Serbian government was confronted with this, they tried to lie stating that Tankosic had already been arrested.

Cited:

“Lying Serbia. Vienna, July 30. The South Slav Correspondence notes that on Saturday a Serbian officer arrived in Salonica accompanied by his wife. He entered his name in the visitor’s register as an officer named Bujakovic. Upon closer investigation, it turned out that he was Major Tankosic, whose punishment had been demanded by the Austrian government for his proven participation in the assassination attempt.

However, the Serbian reply note of Saturday stated that Tankosic had been arrested on Saturday. Thus, even at the very moment when Serbia’s very existence was at stake, it had to deceive its foreign neighbor, who had already shown so much patience with it, and betray it in a note sanctified by international law”.

Reference

https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/digitisedJournalsArchive/page/journal/62996/1/31.07.1914/373147/7/filterId-62996%01373147%014565605-query-serbischer-filterIssueDate-%5B01.01.1912+TO+31.12.1939%5D-filterF_type-Newspaper.html