India, Aug. 26 -- A Ukrainian refugee was brutally murdered in the United States shortly after she fled her war-torn home for a safer life. 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was knifed to death by a homeless career criminal at a North Carolina train station last week, family members and authorities have said, according to the New York Post.

Zarutska suffered multiple stab wounds after being attacked. She was pronounced dead at the East/West Boulevard light rail station in South End, Charlotte, just before 10 pm Friday, August 22, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said.

According to a GoFundMe that has been launched, Zarutska had "recently arrived in the United States, seeking safety from the war and hoping for a new beginning" but he...