Community Mourns Palestinian Boy As US Authorities Launch Hate Crime Investigation

The suburban Chicago community of Plainfield continues to mourn Wadea al-Fayoume, a six-year-old Palestinian American who authorities report was stabbed to death by his landlord. The United States Justice Department is investigating the killing as a hate crime linked to the ongoing war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas militants. For more, VOA’s Kane Farabaugh attended al-Fayoume’s memorial service and filed this report from the Midwest state of Illinois.