With a ground war between Israel and Hamas imminent, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy was brutally murdered in the United States, shocking the United States. While the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that the threat of terrorism and crime in the United States is increasing in the aftermath of the Middle East war, U.S. President Joe Biden also appealed, “We must break away from all hatred, including Islamophobia.”
On the 15th (local time), the Will County Police Department near Chicago, Illinois, USA, charged (first-degree murder, etc.) with murdering Wadea Al Fayume (6) with a weapon the previous morning and seriously injuring Wadea’s mother (32). It was announced that Joseph Chuba (71) was indicted. Chuba was the owner of the house where the Wadea family lived, and the victim’s family was Palestinian-American.
According to local police and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim group, Chuba reportedly brandished a weapon at Wadea’s mother on the morning of the 14th, saying, “You Muslims must die.” While his mother called the police, Chuba stabbed Wadea, who was next to him, 26 times. Her mother was also stabbed 10 times and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. CAIR reported to the New York Times that “Wadea’s mother testified that ‘the suspect was upset about the recent (Hamas) news.’”
President Biden issued a statement saying, “I was shocked. “He will never remain silent in the face of hatred,” he said, warning against the spread of hate crimes.
FBI Director Christopher Wray held a press conference and warned that the threat of attacks was increasing, saying, “We cannot ignore the possibility that Hamas or other terrorist organizations will request their supporters to carry out attacks on American soil.” Recently, in France, a high school teacher was killed by a 20-year-old Muslim man in broad daylight, raising safety alerts to the highest level, raising concerns about hate crimes and terrorism due to the war in the Middle East.
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Source: Donga
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