A Palestinian American woman whose 6-year-old son was killed in what police are calling a hate crime in unincorporated Plainfield Township has asked the public to “pray for peace” as she recuperates from her injuries.
Hanaan Shahin issued a statement Tuesday through the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations after meeting with the group’s executive director a day earlier. The written statement marked her first public comments since the brutal Oct. 14 attack that left her with more than a dozen stab wounds and stitches on her face. Authorities said the family’s landlord singled them out because of their Islamic faith and as a response to the escalating Israel-Hamas war.
Shahin, who works as a caregiver to seniors, lost her son, Wadea Al-Fayoume, in the attack that has contributed to fears about rising hostility against Muslims and Palestinians in the U.S. In Illinois alone in the past week, a suburban man was charged with a hate crime in an assault against two Muslims and an Islamic day school canceled class after receiving threats. Joseph Czuba, 71, faces murder, attempted murder and hate crime charges. He is due in court next week.
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