Suspect arrested in stabbing on the same Charlotte light rail line where Ukrainian refugee was killed

The city of Charlotte is contending with another stabbing on its light rail system, months after the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee served as a flashpoint for the crime debate in major American cities.

The stabbing on Friday, which left one person seriously injured, happened on Charlotte's LYNX Blue Line – the same route where refugee Iryna Zarutska was killed. The Trump administration and conservative politicians cited her death as an example of the violent crime they say plagues many Democrat-led cities across the United States.