- An Illinois man, Joseph Czuba, was charged with stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and seriously injuring his mother in what authorities describe as a hate crime linked to the Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and Israel.
- The Justice Department opened a federal hate crimes investigation into the incident, which President Joe Biden condemned as a “horrific act of hate” that has no place in America.
- The victims, 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and his mother Hanaan Shahin, were found with multiple stab wounds. Czuba faces charges including first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, hate crimes, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Czuba did not provide a statement regarding the attack. Read More
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