Olga Hepnarová
| Olga Hepnarová | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 30, 1951 Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | March 12, 1975 (aged 23) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Cause of death | Hanged |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Killings | |
| Date | 10 July 1973 |
| Location(s) | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Killed | 8 |
| Injured | 12 |
| Weapons | Vehicle |
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Date apprehended
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10 July 1973 |
Olga Hepnarová (30 June 1951 – 12 March 1975) was a Czechoslovakian mass murderer, who on 10 July 1973, killed eight people with a truck in Prague. Hepnarová was convicted and sentenced to death, and was executed in 1975, the last woman executed in Czechoslovakia.
Olga Hepnarová was born on 30 June 1951, in Prague, to Czech parents. Her father was a bank clerk and her mother was a dentist. Hepnarová was an average child, but later developed psychiatric problems, and in 1964 she attempted suicide by overdosing on her medication. She spent a year in a psychiatric ward at a hospital in Opařany, and later worked in various places but was usually fired shortly after being hired. Hepnarová ended up working as a truck driver.
On 10 July 1973, Hepnarová drove her truck into a group of about 25 people waiting for a tram in the Prague 7 district of Prague. Three people died immediately, three more died later the same day, two within a few days (all aged from 60 to 79), and twelve people were injured. Before the attack, Hepnarová had sent a letter to two newspapers (Svobodné slovo and Mladý svět) explaining her actions as revenge for the hatred she felt was directed against her by her family and the world. However, the letter was only received two days after the murder, and Hepnarová had reportedly been planning the revenge against society in her head for a long time.
I am a loner. A destroyed woman. A woman destroyed by people... I have a choice - to kill myself or to kill others. I choose TO PAY BACK MY HATERS. It would be too easy to leave this world as an unknown suicide victim. Society is too indifferent, rightly so. My verdict is: I, Olga Hepnarová, the victim of your bestiality, sentence you to death.
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