Editing Black Hand (Serbia) (section)

===Apis' conspiracy group and the May Coup===
{{expand section|events occurring in the long time span between the described regicide and the events of the next subsection|Small = no|date=April 2017}}
 {{see also|May Coup (Serbia)}} [[File:Black Hand Members.jpg|thumb|Early members of the Black Hand]]
In August 1901, a group of lower officers headed by captain [[Dragutin Dimitrijević]] "Apis" established a conspiracy group (called the '''Black Hand''' in literature), against the dynasty.<ref name="RatkovićĐurišić1972">{{cite book|author1=Borislav Ratković|author2=Mitar Đurišić|author3=Savo Skoko|title=Srbija i Crna Gora u balkanskim ratovima 1912–1913|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBAvAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod|quote=Y августу 1901. нижи официри су, под руководством капетана Драгутина Димитр^евиhа – Аписа, створили заверенички покрет против ди- насти е ("Црна рука").}}</ref> The first meeting was held on 6 September 1901. In attendance were captains [[Radomir Aranđelović]], [[Milan F. Petrović]], and [[Dragutin Dimitrijević]], as well as lieutenants [[Antonije Antić]], [[Dragutin Dulić]], Milan Marinković, and [[Nikodije Popović]].{{sfn|Antić|2010-11-20}} They made a plan to kill the royal couple—[[Alexander I of Serbia|King Alexander I Obrenović]] and [[Draga Mašin|Queen Draga]].  On the night of 28/29 May 1903 ([[Old Style]]), Captain Apis personally led a group of Army officers who murdered the royal couple at the [[Old Palace (Belgrade)|Old Palace]] in [[Belgrade]]. Along with the royal couple, the conspirators killed Prime Minister [[Dimitrije Cincar-Marković]], Minister of the Army [[Milovan Pavlović]], and General-Adjutant [[Lazar Petrović]]. This became known as the [[May Coup (Serbia)|May Coup]].