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October 14, 2023hate crime killingcivil rightshate crimespublic safetyracism in americaanti Muslimanti Palestinian

Palestinian American child killed in Illinois anti-Muslim hate crime

Six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was killed and his mother was wounded in Plainfield, Illinois. Prosecutors said the attack targeted them because they were Muslim and Palestinian American amid the Israel-Hamas war.