Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was stabbed to death at the East/West Boulevard railway station in Charlotte's South End neighborhood
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On 22 August 2025, Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska suffered multiple stab wounds and died at the scene at the East/West Boulevard railway station in the South End neighbourhood of the city of Charlotte.
On Aug. 22, 2025, Iryna Zarutska was traveling on a Charlotte New Light Rail train when a man attacked her from behind with a knife, security footage showed. The attack was unprovoked.
Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed aboard a train in Charlotte, North Carolina on Aug. 22
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