EDITORIAL SPOTLIGHT | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

A23-year-old Ukrainian refugee was brutally killed last month on a city train in Charlotte, N.C.

Her name was Iryna Zarutska, and she came to the U.S. to escape the war in her home country, hoping to start a new life — and a better one. Instead, her family buried her.

Video of the attack was made public last Friday and went viral on social media over the weekend. The imagery truly is harrowing, showing the petite Zarutska entering the light rail train and sitting down in front of Decarlos Brown Jr. After a few moments, Brown takes out a knife, stands up and stabs Zarutska multiple times before walking off the train at the next stop.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles did herself no favors with a response that came across as ill-timed and out of step with th

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