Statement from Secretary Mayorkas on the Murder of a Six-Year-Old Child and the Attempted Murder of the Child's Mother in Illinois
October 16, 2023
October 16, 2023
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement:
"Saturday, in Plainfield Township near Chicago, Illinois, a 6-year-old Palestinian Muslim boy was horrifically and heartbreakingly stabbed to death. His mother was severely injured in the same attack.
"There is no humane world that can and should tolerate the murde . . .
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement:
"Saturday, in Plainfield Township near Chicago, Illinois, a 6-year-old Palestinian Muslim boy was horrifically and heartbreakingly stabbed to death. His mother was severely injured in the same attack.
"There is no humane world that can and should tolerate the murde . . .