President Trump has called for the suspect who was charged with fatally stabbing a Ukrainian woman on a North Carolina light rail to receive the death penalty.

“The ANIMAL who so violently killed the beautiful young lady from Ukraine, who came to America searching for peace and safety, should be given a ‘Quick’ (there is no doubt!) Trial, and only awarded THE DEATH PENALTY . There can be no other option!!!” Trump wrote in a post shared on Wednesday to his Truth Social platform.

Iryna Zarutska fled Ukraine in 2022 with her mother, sister and brother to escape the war with Russia, “and she quickly embraced her new life in the United States, ” according to her obituary.

She was fatally stabbed on Aug. 22 while riding the Lynx Blue Line in Charlotte, according to an affidavit obtained

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