Wadee Alfayoumi’s killing liked to ongoing war in Gaza ahead of court…

Activists and the father of a Plainfield Township 6-year-old killed in an alleged anti-Muslim hate crime in October likened the boy’s death to ongoing violence in the Mideast Wednesday ahead of a pretrial hearing.

Around 40 supporters of the family of the boy, Wadee Alfayoumi, held electric candles as activists and the boy’s father spoke to reporters outside the Will County Courthouse before the hearing for Joseph Czuba, the man accused in the stabbing death. Later, they filled the courtroom’s wooden pews, many wearing a kaffiyeh, a traditional black-and-white cloth associated with support for Palestine.

The boy’s death remains “a matter of great urgency,” said Maggie Slavin, operations manager of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, during the pre-hearing news conference.

“Wadee was not just a son. He was a friend. He was a child. He was a student who loved life,” Slavin said. “He was a bright soul filled with dreams and aspirations.”

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