India, Oct. 23 -- Decarlos Brown Jr, the man charged in the fatal stabbing of Iryna Zarutska, was indicted on federal charges on Wednesday, and could well get the death penalty.

A federal grand jury in North Carolina charged him with violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death, ABC News reported, adding that the charges made him eligible for the death penalty.

Zarutska reportedly fled Ukraine and the war there, to travel to the US, but was stabbed and killed on August 22 on the on the Lynx Blue Line light rail in Charlotte. Video of the attack, which was widely circulated online, showed a man attacking the woman from behind.

Video seen by investigators, showed Zarutska enter the light rail car ...