Iryna Zarutska’s family speaks out after Ukrainian refugee slaughtered on train: ‘No family should have to go through this’

The family of Iryna Zarutska is demanding justice for the murdered 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was ruthlessly and randomly slaughtered on a light rail train in Charlotte last month.

Zarutska was stabbed to death by repeat offender Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, in a horrifying, caught-on-camera killing, which has left her family bereft and calling for a solution to systemic failures in the city’s public safety.

“We are heartbroken beyond words. Iryna came here to find peace and safety, and instead her life was stolen from her in the most horrific way,” a family spokesperson said in the statement issued by lawyers and obtained by WSOC-9.

“No family should have to go through this.”

Her relatives also demanded that prosecutors lock up Brown Jr. and, further, address the “broader crisis in public safety and systemic failure.”

They are also asking the public and media to respect Zarutska’s dignity by not reposting the graphic footage of her ghastly murder.

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