President Donald Trump speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. Trump called the suspect in the stabbing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska aboard Charlotte's light rail train a "lunatic" and a "madman." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
"A lunatic just got up and started," Trump said of the suspect. "It's right on tape. Not really watchable because it's so horrible, but just viciously stabbed. She's just sitting there."
Ukrainian Iryna Zarutska came to the U.S. to escape war but was stabbed to death in Charlotte on Aug. 22. (EVGENIYA RUSH on GoFundMe)
The video shows the suspect walking through the rail car, taking off his sweatshirt, and waiting by the doors as passengers look on.
"So they're evil people," Trump said. "We have to be able to handle that. If we don't handle that, we don't have a country."
Records obtained by The New York Post showed that Brown has a history of arrests going back more than a decade, including charges of felony larceny, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and communicating threats. Police said Brown and Zarutska did not know each other and the attack had been random.
Trump noted other recent killings in the U.S., saying that actions, like his administration’s push to end cashless bail, must be taken.
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"This cashless bail started a wave in our country where a killer kills somebody and is out on the street by the afternoon and, in many cases, going out and killing again, cashless bail," Trump said.
Fox News Digital’s Bradford Betz and Emma Bussey contributed to this report.
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