"No matter how horrible it sounds, [the stabbing] was yet another confirmation of my concerns, said Lyubov, a 22-year-old who lives with her American husband, referring to an uptick in violence. Government-collected data shows that domestic violence-related homicides of women in North Carolina rose by almost 15 percent last year in comparison with 2023, while the general crime rate fell by 2.3 percent."
"I think that on the Ukrainian side, Zelenskyy is busy with something else, and these are the matters, problems of America, said Lyubov, who requested Al Jazeera withhold her last name because she has family in Ukraine and fears reprisals for speaking about the authorities. Let the American side sort it out, deploy more police, [exert] some control, all of that is on the shoulders of the American state, she said."
"The unprovoked and apparently random killing of Zarutska, who fled to the North Carolina city of Charlotte in 2022 to escape the Russian-Ukrainian war, became a rallying cry for the Republicans and their arguments about the alleged leniency of Democratic officials towards minorities. United States President Donald Trump said Zarutska's blood is on the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in jail."
Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was stabbed to death on a light-rail train in North Carolina on August 22. Local Ukrainians reported rising concerns about violence and noted a lack of response from Ukrainian officials. Government data indicates domestic violence-related homicides of women in North Carolina rose almost 15 percent last year while the overall crime rate fell 2.3 percent. The killing became a focal point for Republican criticism of Democratic approaches to race and crime. Former President Donald Trump blamed Democrats, and the suspected killer, Decarlos Brown Jr, had a history of mental illness and prior arrests.
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