What to know: Illinois stabbings of Palestinian mother, son

Funeral Held For Murdered Muslim Boy In Illinois After Suspect Charged With Hate Crime — LAGRANGE, ILLINOIS – OCTOBER 16: Mourners carry the coffin of six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume during his funeral at Parkholm Cemetery on October 16, 2023 in LaGrange, Illinois. Wadea was stabbed to death and his mother seriously injured in an attack by the family’s landlord, Joseph Czuba, motivated by hatred for Muslims and the fighting in Israel and Gaza, according to published reports citing police. (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images)

By Chicago Tribune | chicagotribune@medianewsgroup.com

PUBLISHED: October 17, 2023 at 10:55 AM MDT | UPDATED: October 17, 2023 at 11:01 AM MDT

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Law enforcement determined it was a hate crime and that the mother and son’s landlord targeted them over the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East.

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What to know about the deadly stabbings of a Palestinian mother and her 6-year-old in Illinois

Their landlord has been arrested and charged with multiple criminal offenses.

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