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Jilly_in_VA

(10,031 posts)
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 05:11 PM Oct 2023

Impaled Chicago Mom Posted About Dead Son Just After Attack

The mother of Wadea Al-Fayoume, the 6-year-old Palestinian-American who was stabbed to death in a Chicago suburb this weekend, posted about the attack on Facebook just hours after it took place on Saturday.

Hanaan Shaheen, Wadea’s 32-year-old mother, was stabbed 12 times during the attack, local authorities in Plainfield, Chicago, said. The family’s landlord, 71-year-old Joseph Czuba, has since been arrested in connection with the stabbings, with police saying Czuba was likely motivated by “the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,” and the Muslim faith of the family, according to a statement from the Will County Sheriff’s Office.

Despite being in critical condition at the time of the attack, Wadea’s mother appears to have taken to Facebook that same afternoon to share her son’s last words.

“My son’s last words were: (I’m fine). May God have mercy on him and let him dwell in the highest paradise.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mother-of-wadea-el-fayoume-palestinian-boy-stabbed-to-death-in-chicago-posted-about-attack

This is too sad.

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Impaled Chicago Mom Posted About Dead Son Just After Attack (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 OP
"Impaled"? maxsolomon Oct 2023 #1
His last words were 'I'm Fine'. Voltaire2 Oct 2023 #3
Yeah, the punctuation there didn't do anyone any favors! ShazzieB Oct 2023 #8
Impaled. ck4829 Oct 2023 #5
It's an odd choice. maxsolomon Oct 2023 #6
I agree, the word "impaled" seems an odd choice JoseBalow Oct 2023 #7
These innocents don't deserve this! Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #2
RIP. SWBTATTReg Oct 2023 #4
Chilling and disgusting. We need to discuss conservative hate media. ck4829 Oct 2023 #9

JoseBalow

(2,554 posts)
7. I agree, the word "impaled" seems an odd choice
Tue Oct 17, 2023, 07:44 PM
Oct 2023
verb (used with object),im·paled, im·pal·ing.

to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.

to pierce with a sharpened stake thrust up through the body, as for torture or punishment.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/impale

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