(CNN) — The city of Charlotte is contending with another stabbing on its light rail system, months after the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee served as a flashpoint for the crime debate in major American cities.

The stabbing on Friday, which left one person seriously injured, happened on Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line – the same route where refugee Iryna Zarutska was killed. The Trump administration and conservative politicians cited her death as an example of the violent crime they say plagues many Democrat-led cities across the United States.

The latest incident poses an early test for a new chief of police and a new targeted safety initiative and has captured the attention of President Donald Trump shortly after an immigration enforcement surge in the city made headlines.

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