Mother of 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in alleged hate crime issues 1st remarks
The mother of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was fatally stabbed in an alleged hate crime, urged the public to "pray for peace." The mother of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was fatally stabbed in Illinois in an alleged hate crime linked to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, urged the public to "pray for peace" in her first statement since the tragic slaying. Wadea and his mother, 32 -year- old Hanan Shaheen, were stabbed repeatedly with a serrated Military -style knife in their suburban Chicago home on Oct. 14 during a confrontation with their landlord, who alleged ly targeted them because they were Muslim, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office. Their landlord, 71-year-old Joseph Czuba, allegedly stabbed Wadea 26 times, and his mother a dozen times, the sheriff's office said. Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, a Muslim boy who was stabbed to death in an attack that targeted him and his mother in an undated f...