WKZO: Funeral to be held for Chicago-area Muslim boy killed in attack

By: Syndicated Content

A funeral service and burial will be held for a six-year-old Muslim boy on Monday in a Chicago suburb after he was stabbed to death over the weekend by a man who targeted him and his mother because they were Palestinian Americans.

Services for the boy, identified as Wadea Al-Fayoume, are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. (1800 GMT) at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, Illinois, southwest of Chicago, according to a statement from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

“This is a heavy day that we hoped would never come. As they say, the smallest coffins are the heaviest,” said Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago executive director, said in the statement.