September 6, 2025
Ukrainian Refugee Killed on Charlotte Light Rail
The Tragic Story of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian Refugee Stabbed to Death on a Charlotte Train When 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska boarded a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, she was doing something so ordinary, so familiar, that no one could have imagined it would end in tragedy. Iryna had come to the United States to escape the horrors of war in Ukraine. Like so many others fleeing violence, she believed America would be the place where safety and peace could finally be found. But on August 22, 2025, her life was brutally cut short, and the heartbreaking story of