Ukrainian Stabbed on US Train:  Everything We Know - video Dailymotion

Who is Iryna Zarutska and who fatally stabbed her on a train in the US? Here is everything we know about the incident in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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00:00A Ukrainian refugee flees the war in her home country only to be stabbed to death on a train

00:17in the U.S.

00:18The Carlos Brown Jr., a 34-year-old man with a lengthy criminal history and 14 prior arrests,

00:23was seen stabbing a young woman in Charlotte, North Carolina.

00:26The victim, Irina Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was sitting in front of Brown on

00:31a city rail train when she was fatally stabbed.

00:34Newly released footage shows the entire incident.

00:37What shocked many was that five other passengers sitting nearby did nothing to intervene.

00:41The brutal killing has sparked global outrage, and it's now fueling President Donald Trump's

00:45call to send federal troops to U.S. cities to crack down on crime.

00:49Zarutska had fled Ukraine with her family three years ago in search of safety from the ongoing

00:53war.

00:54Her tragic death has since drawn global attention.

00:56Trump commented publicly on the case.

00:59And here is a picture of it.

01:01This is the picture of it.

01:05And this is a picture of the woman.

01:07A beautiful young girl that never had problems in life with a magnificent future in this country.

01:19And now she's dead.

01:21While Elon Musk also weighed in with his opinion.

01:23Brown's background has added to the controversy.

01:26Diagnosed with schizophrenia, he had been arrested 14 times over the past decade.

01:29In January 2025, he was arrested once again, but later released after signing a promise

01:34to appear in court.

01:36Now, Brown faces first-degree murder charges, along with an additional federal charge for

01:40committing a deadly act on public transportation.

01:43The case is already being used by Trump as a key example in his argument for deploying federal

01:47troops to cities like Los Angeles and Washington D.C.

01:51Browns.

01:52And they were killed several times over the past decade.

01:55Those who've killed him are now killing them.

01:57They're killed him.

01:58And now they're killed him.

01:59And now he's killed him.

02:01They were killed him.

02:02They were killed him.

02:03They were killed him.