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Illinois: Chicago Police search for suspect in unprovoked stabbing of 27-year-old woman

In a chilling reminder of vulnerabilities on public transportation systems, a 27-year-old woman was recently stabbed in the chest in an unprovoked attack at a Chicago train station late Saturday night—echoing the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, nearly three months earlier.

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(L) Screenshot image taken of video released by the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). (R) Mugshot of accused perpetrator. (Photo via: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD))

Federal charges filed against accused assailant in fatal N.C. train stabbing of 23-year-old Ukrainian girl

The disturbed man accused of fatally stabbing a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte Area Transit System train in North Carolina last month has finally been charged with a federal crime. The purported crime was caught on video footage — provided by the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS).

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