WikiPop's Pick · September 12, 2025
Killing of Iryna Zarutska
2025 stabbing in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
On September 12, 2025, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Charlie Kirk, with 3,598,999 views. It was already WikiPop's pick on September 11, and we don't repeat an article within 30 days. So WikiPop's pick is #2, Killing of Iryna Zarutska, with 1,056,343 views.
On August 22, 2025, Iryna Zarutska was killed at the East/West Boulevard station on the Lynx Blue Line, in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who had fled her country because of the Russian invasion, was stabbed from behind three times while seated on the train. The suspect, Decarlos Dejuan Brown Jr., was arrested upon exiting the train and charged with first-degree murder.
