“You Muslims must die!”: American man stabs 6-year-old Muslim boy 26 times

  A 71-year-old white man in the US state of Illinois, motivated by anti-Palestinian rhetoric, stabbed a Muslim child 26 times, seriously injuring his mother. The killer is called Joseph M Czuba and the hate crime took place in Plainfield, 60 km southwest of Chicago (Illinois). The child, stabbed 26 times with a military knife with an 18cm blade, was declared dead in hospital. The child's mother, 32, received over a dozen stab wounds and is hospitalized in serious condition but doctors expect her to survive. The man reportedly attacked the child, shouting: “You Muslims must all die!” US authorities have not publicly identified the victims but the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Chicago says they are Palestinian-Americans. They are Wadea Al-Fayoume and her mother Hanaan Shahin. “Investigators were able to determine that both victims of this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to their being Muslim and the ongoing conflict in occupied Palestine at the time the American government and mass media of this country continue to relentlessly support Israel's crimes against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Reuters