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CHARLOTTE – The stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska aboard a train comes amid a nationwide debate about law enforcement and safety. Now, commuters in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Zarutska was stabbed on Aug. 22, are wondering whether they are protected while riding the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS).

"I worked right up the street at the gas station and was actually at work when it happened on the train, so I was kind of, I don’t know what was going to happen," one woman told Fox News Digital on Monday. "I didn’t know if he had gotten away or what happened, but it kind of made me wary about getting on the train after that."

Another woman who spoke to Fox News Digital while waiting to ride the ligh

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