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Trump 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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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…

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