23 -year -old Irina Zarutska from Ukraine had managed to escape violence in her country only to meet again on another land in the US. Stabbed to death by a man sitting behind her, on a train, in a murder recorded in video and causes horror.
Irina was just one of the passengers of the night train at Scaleybark Station in North Carolina. She was wearing khaki pants and dark shirt, while her long blond hair was covered with a hat from the Zepeddie pizzeria. He had just commented.
Like the other passengers, she was absorbed on her cellphone while the train was moving. Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine, had chosen a blank seats in front of a man with a red sweatshirt.
Did not know that Their roads were already fateful.
Just four minutes later, Decarlos Brown, the passenger behind her, got up and pulled out a knife. For a moment he looked out of the window. He then stabbed the 23 -year -old deadly.
All this in front of the passengers who remained frosty in front of what was happening. «Ι got that white girl» It sounds cynically after her murder.
OR release of the murder video and Brown’s extensive criminal past – which includes convictions for armed robbery, theft and burglary – have sparked strong reactions from the Trump government and conservative politicians, as an example of crime that affects, as they claim, many cities under the control of Democrats in the US.
The murder was done objective propaganda For the possible development of federal troops in Los Angeles and Washington, while President Trump even threatened with the recruitment of the National Guard in Chicago.
“North Carolina and every state need law and order, and only Republicans can offer it!” He said in a post on Truth Social, describing Brown as a “professional criminal”.
The life of Irina Zarutska in America
Irina had a unique gift, which her mother described as a “artistic gift”. She studied art in Kyiv and loved to make things for her friends and family.
He left Ukraine in August 2022, six months after Russia’s invasion, to escape the war.
Together with her mother, sister and brother, they found a house in North Carolina. He studied at the Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and dreamed of becoming an assistant veterinarian. A new life had just begun.
“She often took care of neighbors’ pets and everyone remembers her glamorous smile,” the family said in the announcement of her funeral.
The past and schizophrenia of Decarlos Brown
A few days before the murder, Brown had appeared at his mother’s house asking to spend the night there. Was homeless. His mother later took him to a structure, a few kilometers from Scalebark Station. He hugged him and left.
Brown, with History of psychiatric problems, had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, suffered from hallucinations and paranoid thoughts And he had spent more than five years in prison for armed robbery.
According to his family, after his release in 2020, his behavior had changed dramatically. Despite the efforts of the family to help him help his mental health, efforts have failed.
Video from the attack show Brown restless and abstract, until she finally attacked Irina, taking her life.
“It is scary and sad to realize that there is so bad in our society today,” a family friend said.
Brown, arrested, later claimed that he was attacked because The woman “read his mind” …
Information from CNN