Colonial Dragutin Dimitrijevic (also known as Apis) founder of Black Hand In 1903 Captain Dimitrijevic and a group of junior officers planned the assassination of the the autocratic and unpopular king of Serbia. The group stormed the royal palace and killed both King Alexander and his wife Queen Draga. During the attack Dimitrijevic was badly wounded and although he eventually recovered, the three bullets from the encounter were never removed from his body. Dimitrijevic's main concern was the liberation of Serbia from Austro-Hungary. Dimitrijevic, who used the codename, Apis, became leader of the secret Black Hand group.