Trump calls for Ukrainian refugee’s suspected killer to receive the death penalty
By Ryan King
Video shows moments before fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on North Carolina train
President Trump called Wednesday for Iryna Zarutska’s alleged killer, Decarlos Brown Jr., to receive the death penalty for the barbaric stabbing of the Ukrainian refugee on a train in Charlotte, NC last month.
“The ANIMAL who so violently killed the beautiful young lady from Ukraine, who came to America searching for peace and safety, should be given a ‘Quick’ (there is no doubt!) Trial, and only awarded THE DEATH PENALTY,” the president declared on Truth Social. “There can be no other option!!!”
Self-portrait of a young woman with blonde hair.
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Trump called for Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska’s alleged killer to be punished with the death penalty.
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Surveillance footage of a stabbing on a light rail train.
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Surveillance footage shows Zarutska reacting to allegedly being stabbed by Decarlos Brown Jr. on a light rail train in Charlotte on Aug. 22, 2025.
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Suspect Decarlos Brown Jr.
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Brown was charged with a federal count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
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President Trump speaking to reporters outside a restaurant.
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Trump called Brown a “monster.”
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Chilling footage shows Zarutska, 23, being stabbed repeatedly with what appears to be a pocket knife while riding a Lynx Blue Line train on Aug. 22.
Brown, 34, was charged Tuesday with a federal count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system.
He also faces state charges of first-degree murder.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has vowed to “seek the maximum penalty for this unforgivable crime” and that the suspect “will never again see the light of day as a free man.”
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