Episode 2 of 2
Assassination in Geneva
- When
- 10 September 1898
- Where
- Promenade on the shore of Lake Geneva
Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni fatally stabbed Empress Elisabeth in Geneva on 10 September 1898 while she walked to a steamship.
At 1:35 p.m. on Saturday, 10 September 1898, Elisabeth and Countess Irma Sztáray left their hotel on the shore of Lake Geneva to catch the steamship Genève for Montreux. Lucheni approached them on the promenade, attempting to peer under the empress's parasol, and fatally stabbed her in the heart with a tapered file.
Sources
- Empress Elisabeth of Austria Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02
- Luigi Lucheni Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
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