Iryna Zaretska was stabbed to death on a Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) Blue Line train in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred on the train before 10:00 p.m. on August 22, 2025, as she was traveling on the Lynx Blue Line. Surveillance footage captured the moment of the attack. She was a Ukrainian refugee who had fled the war in Ukraine and was hoping to build a safer life in the United States when this tragic event happened.