PRAGUE — 1973 · Murder
The Strossmayer Square Truck Attack
On 10 July 1973, at Strossmayer Square in Prague 7, a 22-year-old woman deliberately drove a rented truck into a crowded tram stop. Eight people aged between 60 and 79 died and twelve were injured. Before the attack she had sent letters to two newspapers declaring revenge on society. Prague City Court sentenced her to death in April 1974, and the sentence was carried out at Pankrác Prison on 12 March 1975. She was the last woman executed in Czechoslovakia. The case inspired the 2016 film "I, Olga Hepnarová" and is often cited in debates on mental health and the death penalty.
- Date
- 1973
- Place
- Prague 7 (Holešovice), Czechia, Prague, CZ
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 50.1000, 14.4300 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 10 July 1973A truck was driven into the Strossmayer Square tram stop; eight died.
- 6 April 1974Prague City Court handed down a death sentence.
- 12 March 1975The sentence was carried out at Pankrác Prison.
- 2016The case was adapted for film.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Olga Hepnarová en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Executed Today — 1975: Olga Hepnarova executedtoday.com ↗
- Wikipedia
- Executed Today
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