Assassination of King Alexander and French Foreign Minister. Photo shows: The scene immediately after the shooting.

Assassination of King Alexander and French Foreign Minister. Photo shows: The scene immediately after the shooting. On left a mounted officer is seen striking at the assassin with his sabre. King Alexander of Jugoslavia and M. Louis Barthou, the French Foreign Minister, were shot while driving through Marseilles yesterday. Both died of their wounds shortly afterwards. Shots were fired by a number of people and the actual assassin jumped on to the running board of the royal car and fired point-blank at the King and Minister. The assassin was lynched on the spot. King Alexander was on a diplomatic mission to France and M. Barthou was at Marseilles to welcome him on behalf of the French Government.