Law enforcement said the 71-year-old suspect who fatally stabbed a young boy and seriously wounded a woman was motivated by the Israel-Hamas war. The suspect has been charged with a hate crime.
A person identified as a family member of the slain 6-year-old boy holds prayer beads at a news conference at the Muslim Community Center on Chicago's Northwest Side, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023.
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