Chicago Area Landlord Stabs Palestinian Boy, 6, To Death
A man targeted a 6-year-old boy and his mother for being Muslims and brutally attacked them with a military-style knife, killing the boy and wounding the mother at their home outside Chicago yesterday. Via the New York Times:
The boy, who was stabbed 26 times with a serrated knife with a seven-inch blade, was pronounced dead at a hospital, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office in Joliet, Ill.
The boy’s mother, 32, was in serious condition with more than a dozen stab wounds, officials said. She was expected to survive. The authorities did not publicly identify the victims.
“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 Office said.
His family says he is 6 years old. Officials first reported that he was 8.
At a news conference on Sunday afternoon, Mr. Rehab said that he ultimately blamed the assailant but added that the “lopsided” coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict created an atmosphere that made an attack like this one more likely.
“It wasn’t until he started watching the news and hearing the statements that something had changed,” Mr. Rehab said. “The family had no reason to suspect what would occur.”
President Biden released this statement. Now, this is how you president: