The killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy near Chicago in a hate crime
Gone quiet · last story May 2, 2025
What this arc covers
The October 2023 stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim boy and the wounding of his mother in Plainfield, Illinois, which police called an anti-Muslim hate crime driven by the war: the charges against the family's landlord, the boy's funeral and the mourners in the Palestinian community, Joe Biden's condemnation, the mother's release from the hospital, and the landlord's sentencing in 2025.
Earliest story we hold Oct 15, 2023 · 8 stories · 56 independent sources (counted once each) · 565 days
Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning
Key momentsthe most covered; every story is below
- Oct 15 – 16, 2023Man killed Muslim boy and wounded woman in hate crime motivated by Israeli-Hamas war, police say72 articles · 45 independent sources
- Oct 16 – 17, 2023Mourners in Palestinian Chicago suburb remember Muslim boy who was killed as kind, energetic38 articles · 23 independent sources
- Oct 16, 2023Biden Condemns ‘Horrific Act Of Hate’ After 6-Year-Old Palestinian-American Is Stabbed To Death In Illinois6 articles · 6 independent sources
- Oct 23, 2023Mother of 6-year-old killed in alleged anti-Muslim attack near Chicago released from hospital after being stabbed over a dozen times7 articles · 7 independent sources
- May 2, 2025Illinois landlord sentenced in fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy16 articles · 10 independent sources
Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side
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Every week as a table
| Week of | Left | Center | Right | Articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2023 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Oct 16, 2023 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 122 |
| Oct 23, 2023 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
34% left · 55% center · 11% right of 56 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 8 stories.
Every storyoldest first
October 2023
Oct 15– 16Man killed Muslim boy and wounded woman in hate crime motivated by Israeli-Hamas war, police say72 articles · 45 independent sources12 left, 14 center, 4 right- Oct 16Plainfield landlord charged with hate crime in stabbing that killed 6-year-old Muslim boy, injured mom5 articles · 5 independent sources0 left, 3 center, 1 right
- Oct 166-year-old boy is buried, mother treated after attack that police call an anti-Muslim hate crime5 articles · 5 independent sources2 left, 1 center, 0 right
- Oct 16Biden Condemns ‘Horrific Act Of Hate’ After 6-Year-Old Palestinian-American Is Stabbed To Death In Illinois6 articles · 6 independent sources1 left, 4 center, 0 right
- Oct 16– 17Mourners in Palestinian Chicago suburb remember Muslim boy who was killed as kind, energetic38 articles · 23 independent sources2 left, 11 center, 0 right
- Oct 16Police: Illinois man killed Muslim boy, injured mother in stabbing driven by religious hate8 articles · 2 independent sources0 left, 1 center, 1 right
- Oct 23Mother of 6-year-old killed in alleged anti-Muslim attack near Chicago released from hospital after being stabbed over a dozen times7 articles · 7 independent sources0 left, 3 center, 0 right
May 2025
May 2Illinois landlord sentenced in fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy16 articles · 10 independent sources4 left, 3 center, 1 right