Police say a 6-year-old boy is being buried and his mother is hospitalized with stab wounds after their landlord attacked them because of their Muslim faith and high emotions over the Israel-Hamas war. https://t.co/49fXhYMTBT
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 16, 2023
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The Will Co. Sheriff confirms that last night’s murder of a 6yo boy & stabbing of his 32yo mother in Plainfield Township is being investigated as a hate crime, related to the war in the Middle East.
— Maher Kawash (@MaherABC7) October 15, 2023
I’m told the victims are Palestinian. This 71yo suspect is their landlord. pic.twitter.com/d1zcwXYyQS
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We are shocked and disturbed to learn that a landlord in Chicago expressing anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian views broke into a Muslim family’s apartment and attacked them with a knife, injuring the mother and killing her 6-year-old son, Wadea Al-Fayoume. @cairchicago will hold a… pic.twitter.com/N0ILuevq4n
— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) October 15, 2023
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Imam Omar Suleiman speaks ahead of the funeral for 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume, who was allegedly stabbed to death because he was Muslim:
— The Recount (@therecount) October 16, 2023
“While we appreciate these statements of sympathy, we do not appreciate empty words of condolence without a commitment to course-correct.” pic.twitter.com/wzO9RaGx35