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FILE - Community members gather for a vigil honoring the life of Iryna Zarutska, a Ukranian refugee, who was fatally stabbed on a commuter train, Sept. 22, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The man accused of killing a Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train in North Carolina’s largest city appeared in court on a federal count Thursday, hours before the government announced a similar charge against a different man for an unrelated, non-fatal stabbing on the same light rail system.

Decarlos Brown Jr. and his attorneys made an initial court appearance in a Charlotte courtroom on the count of causing death on a mass transportation system. Shackled from his hands and ankles and wearing a

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