A harrowing 911 call, police video and other crime scene evidence are expected to play a key role as the murder and hate crime trial for an Illinois landlord accused of killing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy continues Wednesday.

The trial for the murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy, described as a hate crime, has commenced in Illinois. Rights advocates highlight rising Islamophobia. The alleged attacker, the family's landlord,

Prosecutors have said Joseph Czuba attacked his two tenants, Hanan Shaheen and her 6-year-old son, Wadee Alfayoume, because they were Muslim.