US EditionHundreds gather at candlelight vigil to honor Iryna Zarutska
- Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, suffered fatal stab wounds on Charlotte’s light rail on August 22 and was declared dead at the location.
- Decarlos Brown, Jr. was identified by police as the suspect, was charged with first-degree murder, and a judge issued a no bond order.
- A candlelight vigil held on Monday night at the rail station where Zarutska was killed marked the thirty-day anniversary of her stabbing.
- Kyle Kirby requested that the Charlotte City Council and transit authority give the station the name "Iryna Zarutska" as a tribute to her memory.
- The vigil showed community grief and support, with chants, prayers, moments of silence, and plans for another vigil on her 60-day anniversary.
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One month later: Hundreds gathered for South End vigil honoring Iryna Zarutska
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- It's been one month since Iryna Zarutska was stabbed to death on the Blue Line train in South End. To remember her, hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officers blocked off a stretch of Camden Road not far from the light rail station where her murder happened to allow people to honor Zarutska's life. The clear message of the vigil was that this young Ukrainian wom…
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newenglishreview.orgOnly in America Do We Blame Victims Like Iryna Zarutska
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to return, if I could, to the brutal murder of the Ukrainian immigrant, Ms. Iryna Zarutska, who was killed on a light rail, as we saw from the video, in Charlotte, North Carolina. I think the way t…
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