Exclusive: Mother of 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in alleged hate crime speaks out
Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was stabbed to death at his Illinois home, loved all people and "loved to share his love," his mother told ABC News. Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was stabbed to death at his Illinois home in what authorities say was a hate crime, loved all people and "loved to share his love," his mother told ABC News in an exclusive interview. Wadea and his mother, 32-year-old Hanan Shaheen, were stabbed repeatedly in their suburban Chicago home earlier this month during a confrontation with their landlord, who allege dly targeted them because they were Muslim, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office. Wadea was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, the sheriff's office said. Shaheen was stabbed a dozen times, authorities said. Dressed all in black, and with bandages still on her face from the attack, Shaheen told ABC News correspondent Alex Perez on Wednesday that she ...
