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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Trump Cites Ukrainian Woman's Murder In Push For Broad Crime Crackdown
Donald Trump on Monday condemned the stabbing of a Ukrainian woman aboard a North Carolina train, as the US president and his allies sought to use the murder to justify plans to expand his crime crackdown in Democratic-led cities.
Harder’s Soft-on-Crime Agenda Puts Families at Risk
In Charlotte, 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was brutally stabbed to death on a light-rail train by a repeat offender who should never have been on the streets. Instead of standing up for victims like Zarutska, Josh Harder’s party has spent years supporting policies that empty prisons, weaken law enforcement, and look the other way while violent criminals roam free. Democrats want to lecture about “lower crime rates” and trot out manipulated statist…
Trump: Ukrainian Refugee’s Blood on Democrats’ Hands
President Donald Trump reacted Monday night to the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee in Charlotte, North Carolina, saying that "her blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail." Iryna Zarutska, 23, was stabbed to death Aug. 22 on a light rail line in Charlotte's South End. Police have identified the suspect in her death as Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, who was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Brown has…
North Carolina officials under fire after man with long criminal history kills Ukrainian woman on train
This screengrab made from video provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System shows Iryna Zarutska, bottom right, before she was fatally stabbed on a commuter train on Aug. 22, 2025. | (Charlotte Area Transit System via AP) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, faced sharp criticism for failing to keep a man with a history of mental illness, arrests and erratic behavior off the streets before he fatally stabbed a young U…
The Taboo That Killed Iryna Zarutska
The video of Iryna Zarutska’s final moments on that North Carolina train is like something out of a horror movie—not because of the terrible way it ends, but because of how it begins.Shot from overhead inside the fluorescent-lit interior of a Lynx light rail car in Charlotte, North Carolina, the footage silently tracks the arrival of a slender young woman in glasses and khakis, her hair tucked up under the uniform cap of a local pizzeria. She en…
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