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Ukrainian Refugee Killed in 'Random' Train Attack in Charlotte

Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes released a repeat offender without bail despite his violent past, enabling the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, raising calls for judicial accountability.

  • A Ukrainian refugee named Iryna Zarutska, 23, was killed in a stabbing incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police .
  • The suspected attacker, Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder following the incident.
  • Zarutska, who fled war in Ukraine, was attacked on the Lynx Blue Line light rail while heading home from work.
  • A GoFundMe campaign was started to support Zarutska's family in light of this tragic loss.
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The full video of a surveillance camera showing the murder of Ukrainian Iryna Zarutska was released on Friday and goes ... The post shocking murder in America – eyewitnesses ignored victims and let them die appeared first on Apollo News.

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A young refugee from Ukraine is brutally stabbed in Charlotte. The images of the crime spread rapidly on the net. US President Trump uses the case to justify his hard line against democratically governed cities.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt attacked the media and Democratic policies during a press conference on Tuesday, accusing them of not covering the murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina. Read more]]>

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