President Trump has responded to the brutal stabbing of a Ukranian refugee in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Newly released video has revealed Iryna Zarutska, 23, was stabbed in the neck while riding the light rail train.

Here’s the graphic footage:

Fox News reported more details on the brutal stabbing:

A haunting new video shows the last moments of a Ukrainian refugee’s life before she was stabbed to death on a Charlotte light rail train last month.

The surveillance footage, released by the Carlotte Area Transit System (CATS), shows 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska boarding the Lynx Bline line just after 9:45 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 22.

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The footage shows Zarutska in her pizzeria uniform while scrolling on her phone. A man in a red hoodie is seen sitting behind her. Around four minutes later, the man pulls out a knife and begins stabbing Zarutska three times, including at least once in the neck.

Zarutska, who had fled war-town Ukraine, grabs her neck as blood spills onto the floor. Authorities later pronounced her dead at the scene. The video shows the suspect walk through the rail car, take off his sweatshirt, and wait by the doors as passengers look on.

According to a police affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to an emergency call from the Lynx Blue Line near 1821 Camden Road. Witnesses reported that a man had stabbed a woman in the throat inside a train car.

Officers arrived to find 34-year-old Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr. on the outbound platform, wearing clothing that matched the suspect’s description, court documents revealed. Authorities said he had a cut on his right hand and was taken into custody after receiving medical attention.

Officers recovered a folding knife near the outbound light rail platform, the affidavit said.

Here was Trump’s response:

The brutal killing was widely ignored by teh mainstream media:

Newsweek reported the man arrested in connection to the fatal stabbing how a long criminal history:

Judges who previously released a man charged in the fatal stabbing of a woman on the light rail in Charlotte, North Carolina, have come under scrutiny after details of his violent criminal history were revealed.

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, is accused of fatally stabbing 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee, on August 22. He has been charged with first-degree murder.

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Officials released surveillance footage of the attack on Friday, which prompted an outcry. Congressman Randy Fine has said he plans to introduce legislation “to hold judges accountable” if they release violent offenders who go on to later reoffend. Newsweek has contacted Fine’s office for further comment via an email sent outside regular business hours.

Brown’s past convictions and arrests have raised questions about the effectiveness of the justice system in North Carolina’s Mecklenberg County.

His mother has said he was diagnosed with schizophrenia following his release from prison for an armed robbery conviction. She said the courts failed by allowing her son to be out in the community despite knowing about his previous criminal history and mental health issues.

Brown has past convictions for armed robbery, felony larceny, breaking and entering, and shoplifting, WBTV reported.

According to WSOC-TV reporter Joe Bruno, Brown’s mother said that she had her son evaluated when his behavior became aggressive. This followed his release from prison after he had served more than five years for armed robbery.

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