Wadee Alfayoumi was brutally stabbed to death last October in a hate crime near Plainfield.
ByLive streaming newscasts, breaking news, weather & original, local programming.6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi was killed in October after being stabbed 26 times in front of his mother.On Tuesday night, the U.S. Senate passed an act recognizing his death as a hate crime for his Palestinian-Muslim identity.
"We are 12 days from October 7th and 19 days from the anniversary of Wadee's murder - both dates marked by children torn from their mothers," Illinois Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez said.Wadee's father told ABC7 Chicago his ex-wife told him the suspect,READ ALSO |The resolution passed by the Senate recognizes that Wadee died because of hate.
"The United States has zero tolerance for hate crimes, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab discrimination," theThe Muslim Civic Coalition drafted the Wadee Resolution in partnership with Senator Durbin, Senator Duckworth, and Congresswoman Ramirez. "The Wadee Resolution uplifts his proud Palestinian heritage as a powerful and beautiful community that represents the best of our nation," Muslim Civic Coalition Board said in a statement.
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