6-year-old Palestinian Muslim boy stabbed to death in the US in a hate attack
Boy's mother left in a critical condition
A 6-year-old Palestinian Muslim boy was stabbed to death in the US in a hate attack!
As reported, the authorities in suburban Chicago charged a man for fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy to death and wounding his mother because they were Muslims – an attack that officials tied to the ongoing Gaza war-related killings.
The US media plays a part in hate crimes as a man in Illinois U.S. stabs to death a 6-year-old kid for being Muslim.
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 32-year-old woman had multiple stab wounds and is expected to survive the attack that occurred on Saturday in Plainfield Township, about 64 kilometers (40 miles) southwest of Chicago.
The suspect, Joseph Czuba, 71, has been 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.
“Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,” the Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
US President Joe Biden issued a statement following the incident, however, he was the one who spoke of the beheading of babies in Israel without providing any proof.
US President Joe Biden said the boy’s family were Palestinian Muslims who “came to America seeking what we all seek — a refuge to live, learn, and pray in peace.”
“This horrific act of hate has no place in America,” Biden said in a statement.
He went on to add, “As Americans, we must come together and reject Islamophobia and all forms of bigotry and hatred. I have said repeatedly that I will not be silent in the face of hate. We must be unequivocal.”
As Americans, we must come together and reject Islamophobia and all forms of bigotry and hatred. I have said repeatedly that I will not be silent in the face of hate.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 16, 2023
We must be unequivocal.
Details of the incident revealed that when police arrived they found the suspect Czuba sitting on the ground near the driveway of the residence with a laceration on his forehead.
He was taken to hospital for treatment before being charged with murder, attempted murder, and two counts of hate crimes.
“He knocked on the door and attempted to choke her, and said, ‘you Muslims’ must die,” Ahmed Rehab, head of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Chicago office, told reporters, citing text messages sent by the woman to the murdered boy’s father from her hospital bed.
The CAIR identified the boy as Wadea Al-Fayoume and said the woman, Hanaan Shahin, was his mother.
“The Islamophobic rhetoric and anti-Palestinian racism being spread by politicians, media outlets, and social media platforms must stop,” CAIR said on the social media platform X.
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
Social media is outraged following the Islamophobic attack in America:
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar termed the crime “unspeakable” and said she prayed “love can prevail in these times of so much hate”.
A 6-year old boy stabbed 26 times, just for being Muslim, according to detectives.
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) October 15, 2023
This is unspeakable.
I pray that love can prevail in these times of so much hate. https://t.co/fkaHZzM0fN pic.twitter.com/CKKIS8nVd6
بأي ذنب قتلت ؟؟ pic.twitter.com/pWCYxBIiwN
— هُنا البحرين | honabahrain (@honabahrain) October 16, 2023
All of this happened and will happen because of the media lies that were broadcast in the past days, and you also believed it, even the major media outlets. pic.twitter.com/FaF6gXASJ1
— هُنا البحرين | honabahrain (@honabahrain) October 16, 2023
“You Muslims must die!”
— Dr. Omar Suleiman (@omarsuleiman504) October 15, 2023
Wadea Al-Fayoume a 6 year old Palestinian American boy was just stabbed to death in Chicago by his landlord shouting these words. His mom Hanaan was stabbed as well and in critical condition.
Every child of Gaza is just as beautiful as him, and the hate… pic.twitter.com/cXzACK4MwZ
False Information About #Palestine Has Dire Consequences…
— DOAM (@doamuslims) October 15, 2023
71-year-old man, Joseph Czuba , expressing anti-#Muslim and anti-Palestinian views, stabbed 6-year-old Muslim child, Wadea Al-Fayoume, to death and injured his mother at their home in #Chicago.
The Muslim boy had been… pic.twitter.com/pRMLTv9hTJ
