Man kills Muslim boy, injures woman in Chicago
CHICAGO — A 71-year-old Illinois man was charged Sunday with a hate crime, accused of fatally stabbing a young boy and seriously wounding a woman because of their Islamic faith and the Israel-Hamas war, authorities said. Officers found the 32-year-old woman and 6-year-old boy late Saturday morning at a home in an unincorporated area of Plainfield Township, southwest of Chicago, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media. READ: New York City high school student charged with hate-motivated murder in killing of gay dancer The statement added that the boy was pronounced dead at a hospital and the woman had more than a dozen stab wounds and was expected to survive. An autopsy on the child showed he had also been stabbed with a knife multiple times. “Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,” the sheriff’s statement said. READ: San Francisco city officials vow to crack down on anti-Asian-American hate crime According to the sheriff’s office, the woman had called 911 to report that her landlord had attacked her with a knife, adding she then ran into a bathroom and continued to fight him off. The man suspected in the attack was found Saturday, October 14, outside the home and “sitting upright outside on the ground near the driveway of the residence” with a cut on his forehead, authorities said. He was in custody Sunday and awaiting a court appearance. Authorities said he has been charged him with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of hate crimes, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Authorities did not release the names of the two victims. READ: PH consulate warns Filipinos as hate crime victims reach 41 in US The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations held a news conference later Sunday with a family member who knew their identities. It said text messages exchanged among family members showed the attacker had made disparaging remarks about Muslims. The Muslim civil liberties organization called the crime “our worst nightmare,” and part of a disturbing spike in hate calls and emails since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
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