What is Killing of Wadea al-Fayoume?
{{Infobox civilian attack | title = Killing of Wadea al-Fayoume | partof = [[Hate crime|Hate crimes]] related to the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]] | location = [[Plainfield, Illinois|Plainfield]], [[Illinois]], USA | image = | caption = | date = {{start date|2023|10|14}} | time = {{circa}} 11:30&nbsp;a.m. | timezone = [[Central Time Zone|CDT]] | type = [[Child homicide]], [[stabbing]], [[strangulation]] | weapon = [[Combat knife|Military knife]] | fatalities = Wadea al-Fayoume | injuries = Hanaan Shahin | perp = Joseph Czuba | motive = [[Anti-Palestinianism#United States|Anti-Palestinianism]], [[Islamophobia]] | accused = | charges = *[[Murder|First-degree murder]] *[[Attempted murder|Attempted first-degree murder]] *[[assault|Aggravated battery]] with a [[deadly weapon]] *[[Hate crime]] (2 counts) }} On 14 October 2023, '''Wadea al-Fayoum''', a six-year-old [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]]-[[Americans|American]] child, was killed when he was [[stabbed]] 26 times in his home in [[Plainfield, Illinois|Plainfield]], [[Illinois]], in an event that authorities described as an anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian attack. His mother Hanaan Shahin (32 years old) was also stabbed and [[Suffocation|suffocated]], resulting in serious injuries. Authorities have described the killing as a hate crime motivated by [[Islamophobia]], [[anti-Palestinianism]] and due to watching [[propaganda]] videos in the context of [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=30 October 2023|title=Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder, Hate Crime Charges in Stabbing Death of Palestinian-American Boy|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/six-year-oldpalestinian-american-boy-killed-alleged-hate-crime-1234855021/|access-date=25 December 2023|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=16 October 2023|title=Landlord fatally stabbed 6-yea