- Joseph Czuba, a 73-year-old Illinois man, was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery, and two hate crime charges for fatally stabbing 6-year-old Palestinian-American Wadea Al-Fayoumi 26 times and brutally attacking the boy’s mother, Hanan Shaheen, in October 2023.
- The attack, which occurred a week after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, assault on Israel that sparked the Gaza war, was deemed a hate crime, with prosecutors stating Czuba targeted the family due to their Muslim faith. Read More
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