The Latest Breaking News from Wadea AlFayoume

Funeral in US for Palestinian-American boy killed in suspected hate crime

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was killed by a man police say targeted him because he was Muslim and Palestinian American.

Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2023

Landlord charged with killing boy claims he felt in danger after listening to right-wing radio on Israel-Hamas

Joseph Czuba, 71, ccused of killing Wadea Al-Fayoume and injuring mother in shocking attack

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Afternoon Edition: Man killed Muslim child after listening to conservative media, prosecutors say

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023

Illinois community lays to rest ‘kind’ Palestinian boy killed in alleged hate crime

As family and friends attended the six-year-old’s funeral, elected officials, including Joe Biden, condemned the brutal attack

The Guardian - US · Oct 16, 2023

Justice Department investigating fatal stabbing of Palestinian-American boy as hate crime

Merrick Garland confirms federal probe after Joseph Czuba charged with murder and hate crime charges

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

6-year-old killed in anti-Muslim attack

“My son was probably running towards him before getting stabbed, trying to give him a hug,” father says

Salon · Oct 16, 2023

FBI director warns of increase in threats amid Israel-Hamas war

Warning comes after a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy was stabbed to death in Illinois in what police say was an anti-Muslim hate crime linked to the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Devastated father says Muslim son was trying to hug attacker who killed him over Israel-Hamas war

Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times in the shocking incident where police say he and his mother were ‘targeted’ due to their Muslim faith

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Biden condemns Chicago hate crime attack on Palestinian mother and child: ‘Shocked and sickened’

Six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times ‘for being Muslim’

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Palestinian-American boy stabbed to death in Gaza war-related killing in US

The boy, 6, was stabbed 26 times with large military-style knife, according to autopsy, while his mother is in hospital.

Al Jazeera · Oct 15, 2023