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Ukrainian Refugee Fatally Stabbed In Charlotte, Sparking Crime Debate As Police Say Attack Was Random

A deadly stabbing in Charlotte has ignited concerns about public safety and gaps in the mental health system.

  • Surveillance video shows 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, being stabbed to death without provocation on Aug. 22 as she rode on a Charlotte light rail train. Police identified Decarlos Brown Jr., a man in his 30s sitting behind Zarutska on the train, as the suspect in the stabbing.

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