Patel says FBI has been investigating Charlotte train stabbing ‘from day one’

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FBI Director Kash Patel said the FBI has been investigating the murder of Iryna Zarutska “from day one.”

Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina, last month, but her fatal stabbing came to widespread attention on Friday after the Charlotte Area Transit System released footage of the attack. After right-wing commentators decried a perceived lack of attention to the matter, Patel said on Monday that the FBI had been investigating the matter from the start.

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