Providence mayor calls mural of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska ‘divisive’ after train stabbing death

The mayor of Rhode Island’s capital city is calling for a mural reportedly backed by Elon Musk to honor Iryna Zarutska —the Ukrainian woman whose brutal murder while riding a North Carolina train prompted calls for harsher punishment for career criminals — to be taken down.

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