The charges against alleged attacker Joseph Czuba, 71, of Plainfield, include first-degree murder and two counts of hate crimes. Czuba is expected to make a first appearance at Will County Courthouse Monday morning.
Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, will be buried Monday two days after police say he and his mother were targeted for being Muslim and stabbed, killing the boy. The 6-year-old’s funeral will be held at Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview at 1 p.m. Family, friends, Muslim community leaders and members, as well as interfaith leaders and public officials are expected to attend. “This is a heavy day that we hoped would never come.
-Chicago Executive Director said in a statement Monday. “My heart and thoughts today are especially with the mother, Hanaan Shahin, who is fighting serious bodily injuries at the hospital, not to mention the mental trauma of what she experienced and witnessed. She will be feeling Wadea’s loss more than anyone, but she is forced to mourn alone rather in the warm embrace of family and community at this time.
identified the stabbed woman as Shahin. Shahin, who had fled conflict in the West Bank a decade ago, was seriously wounded in the attack, but is recovering from her injuries at a hospital and is expected to survive, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday. A fundraising site created by Rehab has raised nearly $200,000 to help cover funeral expenses, hospital expenses, housing expenses for the mother and a memorial for Wadea.
Sunday. Shahin related the horrifying details of the attack to her ex-husband, Oday Al-Fayoume, leaders said. Czuba knocked on the door and began to choke and stab Shahin. She escaped to a bathroom and called 911. When she came out, she found her fatally stabbed son. Al-Fayoume said his son had “loved everything” during his short life, Rehab said. “He loved everybody. He loved his toys. He loved basketball, soccer. He loved to color. He loved to swing around. He loved his parents. He loved his family and his friends. He loved life,” Rehab said.
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