Trump calls for action against ‘evil people’ after Charlotte stabbing

President Donald Trump responded Monday to a fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who happened last month in Charlotte North Carolinasaid the United States must take action on the interests of the country.

Trump mentions Iryna Zarutska’s stabbing on city light rail train in remarks Bible Museum.

“We are all religious people, but there are evil people,” Trump said. “And we have to face that. I just gave my love and hope to the family of this young woman who was stabbed by a lunatic in Charlotte this morning or last night.”

The suspect was identified as 34-year-old decarlos Brown, who was arrested and hospitalized shortly after the stabbing and then arrested for first-degree murder.

Cold video shows the moment before Ukrainian refugees stabbed to death on Charlotte light rail

“The madman just got up and started,” Trump said of the suspect. “It was on the tape. It wasn’t really visible because it was horrible, but it was just stabbed. She was just sitting there.”

Surveillance footage shows the moment a young Ukrainian woman was stabbed to death in a random attack on the Lynx blue line on Friday, August 22, 2025. (News via the Charlotte Regional Transportation System)

Surveillance video recently released by the Charlotte Regional Transit System (CATS) shows that Zarutska was on the Lynx Bline series after 9:45 pm on August 22. A man in a red hoodie was seen sitting behind her.

About four minutes later, the video showed the man pulling out a knife and stabbing Zarutska three times, including at least once in the neck. Later authorities Announce her dead On site.

Ukrainian Iryna Zarutska came to the United States to escape the war, but was stabbed to death in Charlotte on August 22. (Evgeniya is in a hurry)

The video shows the suspect walking through the track car, taking off his sweatshirt and waiting at the door while the passengers look.

“So they are evil people,” Trump said. “We have to be able to deal with it. If we don’t deal with it, we don’t have a country.”

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Records obtained New York postal Proving Brown has an arrest history that goes back over a decade, including felony theft, robbery with dangerous weapons and communicating threats. Police said Brown and Zarutska did not know each other and the attack was random.

Trump points to other recent killings in the United States End cashless bailmust be taken.

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“This cashless bail has launched a wave in our country, where the killer killed someone, went out on the streets in the afternoon, and in many cases, went out to kill again, with cashless bail,” Trump said.

Bradford Betz and Emma Bussey of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.