WASHINGTON — The FBI and Department of Transportation are both probing the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train last month, the agencies said Monday.

“The FBI has been investigating the Charlotte train murder from day one,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X . “Stay tuned.”

Federal Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy added in a post, “I stand firm with President Trump’s message of zero tolerance for criminality, especially on our federal DOT funded public transportation. 3

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“If mayors can’t keep their trains and buses safe, they don’t deserve the taxpayers’ money,” Duffy tweeted. “@USDOT will be investigating Charlotte over its failure to protect Iryna Zarutska. And we will also be looking at other crime ridden cities across the country.”

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