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☆ Illinois man pleads not guilty in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Police say Joseph Czuba, 71, the family's landlord, targeted them for their religion and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, police said. He is charged with the fatal stabbing of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, and the wounding of his mother Hanaan Shahin, 32, on Oct. 14, in Plainfield Township, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Chicago. The boy was stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) serrated blade, the Will County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The Department of Justice has also opened a federal investigation into Al-Fayoume's death. Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Mark PorterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joseph Czuba, George Lenard, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, Lenard, Czuba, Rich McKay, Mark Porter Organizations: Reuters, Police, Hamas, NBC News, of Justice, Al, Thomson Locations: Israel, An Illinois, Chicago, Plainfield Township, Will, Joilet, Atlanta

☆ Mother of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who was fatally stabbed is set to speak
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Eric Levenson | Whitney Wild | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy near Chicago over two weeks ago is set to be arraigned in court Monday on murder and hate crime charges. On October 14, Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times at his home in Plainfield Township, Illinois, by his family’s landlord, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said. His mother, Hanaan Shahin, 32, also suffered more than a dozen stab wounds but survived, authorities said. Moments before the attack, Czuba told Shahin he was angry at her for what was going on in Israel, the mother told investigators, according to court documents. The fatal stabbing of Wadea has been widely condemned by officials, including President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden.

Persons: Wadea Al, Fayoume, Hanaan Shahin, Joseph M, Czuba, Shahin, “, ” Shahin, Ahmed Rehab, Wadea’s, Wadea, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, ” Biden, ” Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Council, Islamic, ’ Locations: Chicago, Plainfield Township , Illinois, Will, Israel, ’ Chicago, United States, Gaza, America

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian-American woman and her son was indicted Thursday by an Illinois grand jury. Czuba, who is in jail, is expected to return to court Monday in Joliet, 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. She asked the public to “pray for peace” and said her son was her best friend. The stabbings are part of rising hostility against Muslims and Palestinians in the U.S. since Hamas attacked Israel. Elsewhere in Illinois, a Chicago-area man was charged with a hate crime in an assault against two Muslims, and an Islamic day school canceled class after receiving threats.

Persons: Joseph Czuba, Wadea, Hanaan, Shahin, Czuba, ” Shahin, George Lenard, ” Organizations: Authorities, Islamic Locations: JOLIET, Ill, Illinois, Hanaan Shahin, Plainfield, Will County, Israel, Joliet, Chicago, U.S

☆ Plainfield stabbing: Mother of 6-year-old killed in alleged anti-Muslim attack near Chicago released from hospital after being stabbed over a dozen times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Chris Boyette | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Chicago-area woman who was stabbed multiple times in an alleged anti-Muslim attack that left her 6-year-old son dead last week has been released from the hospital, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Chicago office. The family was “targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis, the sheriff’s office said. Shahin was rushed to the hospital with more than a dozen stab wounds, the sheriff’s office said. CNN has reached out to CAIR Chicago and the sheriff’s office for more information. Shahin is from a village in the West Bank, according to Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Chicago.

Persons: Hanaan Shahin, Wadea Al Fayoume, Shahin, Wadea, Joseph M, General Merrick Garland, Ahmed Rehab Organizations: CNN, Islamic, ’, Office, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Justice, West Bank, Islamic Relations Chicago Locations: Chicago, ’ Chicago, Plainfield Township , Illinois, Will, Israel, Gaza, Shahin

Wadea was stabbed 26 times at his home by his family’s landlord on Saturday, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said. Wadea Al-Fayoume's father speaks at a vigil service at the Prairie Activity & Recreation Center in Plainfield, Illinois, on Tuesday. The boy’s family lived in the house for two years without “previous notable issues” with Czuba, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said. In his final moments, Wadea offered words of comfort to his mother, the man who called himself something of a grandfather said Monday. He is in a better place.”The boy’s mother could not attend his funeral services Monday as she remained in the hospital, Rehab said.

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☆ Wadea Al Fayoume: Palestinian-American boy fatally stabbed near Chicago had just celebrated his 6th birthday
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —In the photograph that introduced millions of people to Wadea Al-Fayoume for the first time, the kindergartener is seen celebrating his sixth birthday at his home near Chicago. In his final moments, Wadea offered words of comfort to his mother, a family member revealed Monday. He is in a better place.”Wadea Al-Fayoume seen here in an undated picture. Wadea Al-Fayoume seen here in an undated picture. Mourners surround the casket of Wadea Al-Fayoume being carried by his family out of Mosque Foundation where mourners attended a funeral prayer.

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☆ Chicago-area stabbing: 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who authorities say was fatally stabbed by his landlord will be buried today
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Chris Boyette Keith Allen Lauren Mascarenhas | Chris Boyette | Keith Allen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A funeral and burial will be held Monday for the 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed when his Chicago-area landlord allegedly attacked him and his mother because the family is Muslim. The attack, which also left Wadea’s mother seriously injured, is being investigated by the Department of Justice as a hate crime. Czuba was taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility and is awaiting his initial court appearance, according to the sheriff’s office. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described his son. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,750 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Persons: Al Fayoume, Joseph M, Carole Cheney, Czuba, “, General Merrick Garland, ” Garland, Will, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, ”, Ahmed Rehab, Shahin, ‘, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, JB Pritzker, –, Wadea Al, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Rehab, Wadea’s, ’ Organizations: CNN, Islamic Relations, Department of Justice, The, Department, Justice, ”, ” CAIR, Chicago, Czuba, Chicago Mayor, CAIR, West Bank, Twitter, CAIR National, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Palestinian Locations: Chicago, Will, Joliet , Illinois, Plainfield Township, Illinois, America, United States, Gaza, Israel, York City

☆ Funeral for slain Palestinian boy to be held outside Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The funeral will be held in a community known as "Little Palestine" for its heavy concentration of Palestinian Americans. The conflict has put Jewish and Palestinian Muslim communities in the United States on edge and fearful of a potential backlash against them. Iman Negrete, a Palestinian American who lives in Plainfield, is from the same town in the occupied Palestinian territories as the mother. The boy celebrated his sixth birthday just weeks ago, CAIR's Rehab told a press conference on Sunday. The boy's mother came from the West Bank to the United States 12 years ago and his father immigrated nine years ago, Rehab said.

Persons: Wadea Al, Wadea, ”, Ahmed Rehab, Hanaan, Iman Negrete, Joseph Czuba, Oday, Czuba, Fayoume, Rehab, Merrick Garland, Brendan O'Brien, Bernadette Baum, Deepa Babington Organizations: Reuters, CAIR, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Services, Council, Islamic Relations, Chicago, Police, West Bank, Daily, Sunday, U.S . Justice, Czuba, Thomson Locations: Israel, Chicago, Bridgeview , Illinois, Gaza, United States, Hanaan Shahin, Plainfield Township, Palestinian American, Plainfield, Will, Czuba

Joseph M. Czuba poses for a police booking photograph after being arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, U.S., in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023. Will County Sheriff/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsOct 15 (Reuters) - An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, officials and Muslim rights activists said on Sunday. The boy was stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) serrated blade, the Will County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The suspect, Joseph Czuba, 71, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of hate crime and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, the sheriff's office said. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) identified the boy as Wadea Al-Fayoume and said the woman, Hanaan Shahin, was his mother.

Persons: Joseph M, Joseph Czuba, Czuba, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, Christopher Wray, we've, Wray, Daniel Trotta, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Reuters, Will County Sheriff, REUTERS Acquire, Czuba, Islamic Relations, FBI, International Association of Chiefs, Police, Thomson Locations: Will, Illinois, U.S, Will County, An Illinois, Israel, Plainfield Township, Chicago, San Diego, Carlsbad , California

CNN —A Chicago-area landlord was arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim. Authorities were called to the residence in unincorporated Plainfield Township, roughly 40 miles southwest of Chicago, shortly before noon Saturday after a woman called 911 saying her landlord had attacked her, according to the sheriff’s office. The boy was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries, the sheriff’s office said. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,600 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described him.

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