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Fatal Ukrainian refugee stabbing fuels debate on crime in US cities

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Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on a Charlotte, N.C. light rail train last month, an unprovoked attack that President Trump appears to be using to further exemplify the "need" for federal troops to be deployed in other large cities, like in D.C.

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10 articles, oldest first.

  1. CNN

    Video shows Ukrainian refugee stabbed on Charlotte light rail train (opens CNN)

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    Gruesome video shows a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee getting stabbed to death on a Charlotte light rail train – a case that has turned into a flashpoint as the Trump administration vows to crack down on crime in large, predominantly Democratic cities.

  2. Foxla

    Fatal Ukrainian refugee stabbing fuels debate on crime in US cities (opens Foxla)

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    Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on a Charlotte, N.C. light rail train last month, an unprovoked attack that President Trump appears to be using to further exemplify the "need" for federal troops to be deployed in other large cities, like in D.C.

  3. KRDO

    How the lives of a Ukrainian refugee and a Charlotte man with a criminal history converged in a fatal stabbing (opens KRDO)

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    By Elizabeth Wolfe, Jeff Winter, TuAnh Dam, CNN (CNN) — Iryna Zarutska was just another passenger when she boarded the late-night Blue Line train

  4. Fox News

    Who is Iryna Zarutska, Ukrainian refugee killed in Charlotte train attack? (opens Fox News)

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    Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed by a stranger on a train in Charlotte, N.C., is remembered as having a "heart of gold."

  5. CBS News

    Deadly stabbing of Ukrainian refugee on Charlotte light rail raises questions about public safety (opens CBS News)

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    Police say 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was killed on a Charlotte light rail train on Aug. 22 in an apparently random attack by a man with a long record of criminal charges and psychiatric crises.

  6. KEYT Santa Barbara

    How the lives of a Ukrainian refugee and a Charlotte man with a criminal history converged in a fatal stabbing | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Elizabeth Wolfe, Jeff Winter, TuAnh Dam, CNN (CNN) — Iryna Zarutska was just another passenger when she boarded the late-night Blue Line train

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