NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Police say a Nashville family is facing charges after police say they beat their son who recently converted from Islam to Christianity.
Nick Kadum, 57, Rawaa Khawaji, 46, and John Kadum, 29, have all been charged in connection with the incident.
Metro officers were dispatched Tuesday to Amber Hills Lane to conduct a welfare check on the victim, who is a juvenile. When officers arrived, the victim appeared disheveled and randomly cut, police said. The victim had a scratch on the back of his right hand and several bumps on his face.
The victim told police his father, mother and brother attacked him because he had recently become a Christian and they were Muslim, disappointed by his change in religion, according to an arrest report.
“He stated that (his mother), brother and father hit him several times and spit in his face,” an officer said in the report. “He said his mother then took a knife and scratched the back of his right hand. He said his family, including his mother, had asked him to retract his statement and state that he was a Muslim.
Police said the boy was shaking and wide-eyed as he described the attack.
Khawaji was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Nick and John Kadum were charged with domestic violence.
The Kadums were released, but Khawaji remains imprisoned.
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