US EditionTrump condemns killing of Ukrainian woman in Charlotte after video released
- Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was fatally stabbed by Decarlos Brown Jr. while riding the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte on August 22, 2025.
- Zarutska fled Kyiv in 2022 to escape the war in Ukraine, and Brown, a 34-year-old career criminal with a history of arrests, attacked her randomly on the Lynx Blue Line.
- Surveillance footage shows Brown stabbing Zarutska multiple times with a folding knife before he was arrested, charged with first-degree murder, and denied bond on August 29.
- Reactions include Donald Trump calling the attack "horrible" and blaming Democrats for "refusing to put bad people in jail," while Elon Musk and Republican leaders call for judicial accountability and legal reforms.
- The stabbing intensified debates on public safety, judicial discretion, and spawned calls for increased law enforcement funding and legislation to hold judges accountable for repeat offenders.
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JUST IN: New Footage Suggests Charlotte Slasher's Attack Was Racially-Motivated
Video released on Friday by the Charlotte Transit Authority appears to suggest that the killer in a horrific train attack last month may have been racially motivated to target a white woman sitting just in front of him. DeCarlos Brown, Jr., a criminal with a long rap sheet who suffered from schizophrenia, is charged with the murder of Iryna Zarutska on Aug. 22 after boarding a late-night train while muttering to himself about her race. The video…
WE DEMAND LAW & ORDER! Trump Blasts ‘Blood-Thirsty Criminals’ After Charlotte Train Murder
President Donald Trump took to the Oval Office on Tuesday to deliver a searing message to the nation after the savage murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard a Charlotte light-rail train. “For far too long Americans have been forced to put up with Democrat-run cities that set loose savage, blood-thirsty criminals to prey on innocent people — really very, very innocent people,” Trump declared, his tone somber but defiant. The president …
Washington, Sept. 9 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump urged his government on Tuesday to be “spied” with criminals and to respond with “force and determination” in response to the August murder of a Ukrainian woman in Charlotte that her executive is flagging to justify the use of a hard hand against crime. “We cannot allow a depraved and reoffending crime to continue spreading destruction and death for our country. We must respond with force a…
Trump vows to crush soft-on-crime policies, will make Democrat-run cities safe following murder of Iryna Zarutska
"We have proven that it can be done, because we did it right here in DC, in District of Columbia. The capital of America was a bloodthirsty, horrible, dangerous place, one of the worst."
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