WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is launching an investigation of North Carolina’s Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). The investigation will review the transit agency’s security spending, safety plans, and ongoing risks to operators and customers being assaulted on the system, according to a news release.

The investigation is spurred by the violent stabbing that killed 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte. A surveillance video released from the attack has brought widespread attention to the case and put local leaders in the spotlight. Police say the suspect did not know Zarutska and the attack was a random act of violence.

“Despite the media and the Char

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