A 6-year-old boy is dead, and his mother seriously wounded after they were both stabbed more than a dozen times due to their Muslim faith Saturday in a Chicago suburb.
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Little Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times in Chicago early Saturday — allegedly by landlord Joseph Czuba, 71, as he shouted, “You Muslims must die!” “My son’s last words were: . May God have mercy on him and let him dwell in the highest paradise,”of her with Wadea, including on his Oct. 6 birthday – a day before the Hamas attack on Israel and 10 days before his brutal killing.
On Monday, Czuba appeared in court, where prosecutors described how he had been closely listening to talk radio coverage of the violence in Israel, and was convinced his Muslim tenants were going to harm him as part of the “day of jihad” called for by Hamas leaders.Shaheen told investigators she and her son were having breakfast together when Czuba knocked on their door.
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