Freight train, car hauler truck involved in crash in Plainfield, Illinois
No one was injured in the crash, Plainfield police said.
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No one was injured in the crash, Plainfield police said.
Joseph Czuba, 71, has been charged with stabbing 32-year-old Hanan Shaheen – whose name has also been spelled Hanaan Shahin – and her 6-year-old son, Wadee Alfayoumi.
"Everybody is going to see her story. Hopefully, somebody wants to help."
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Police said the girl ran away after the car she was in was hit by another car on Illinois Route 59.
CBS 2's Mugo Odigwe reported from the Mobile Weather Lab on Route 59 in Plainfield where roadways are covered in snow.
"He was targeted because of his faith, because he was Muslim, and that is something we must confront as a society. Islamophobia and hatred towards Muslims and Palestinians has no place in our community," Wadee Alfayoumi's father said.
Prosecutors said their landlord, Joseph Czuba attacked them over their Muslim faith.
Wadea al Fayoume and his mother were stabbed repeatedly in their home last month. Prosecutors said their landlord, Joseph Czuba attacked them over their Muslim faith. He's pleaded not guilty.
Authorities have said he targeted the boy and his mother because of their Muslim faith, and because of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Police say one week ago the boy and his mother were attacked and targeted simply because they were Muslim.
Prosecutors say Wadee and his mother, Hanaan Shaheen were stabbed by their landlord because they're Muslim.
Prosecutors say Wadea and his mother, Hanaan Shaheen were stabbed by their landlord because they're Muslim.
While hearts were heavy, the Plainfield community continued to wrap its arms around the grieving family.
According to The Marshall Project, roughly 42 states and the District of Columbia had higher reporting rates than Illinois last year.
"The incident in Plainfield is both continuation and intensification of anti-Palestinian and anti-Arab racist acts that have been invisibilized most people don't know these incidents are going on every day in Chicagoland."
After the murder of a Palestinian boy in Plainfield over the weekend, CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye has more on the dialogue and fear in many Chicago communities today.
CBS 2 Political Reporter Chris Tye has more on the dialogue and fear in many Chicago communities today.
Prosecutors said Joseph Czuba, 71, wanted the victims to move out of the home they rented from him, and believed he and his wife "were in danger," because he feared the woman he stabbed "was going to call over her Palestinian friends or family to harm them."
According to the Will County Sheriff's Office, the two victims were targeted because they are Muslim and because of the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and Israel.
Joseph Czuba has been charged with one count each of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated battery, and two counts of hate crime.
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"Me and my sister had such a good time getting in that cold water," Jennifer Orellana said. "It was freezing, but it just was all worth it at the end, I think."
