Illinois man sentenced to 53 years for hate crime killing of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and wounding his mother

Man jailed for 53 years for hate-crime killing of Palestinian American boy

Czuba targeted the boy and his mother because of their Islamic faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, prosecutors said.

Illinois man gets 53 years for hate-crime murder of Palestinian American boy

An Illinois man has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the attempted murder of the child’s mother, Hanan Shaheen, in what prosecutors described as a hate-motivated attack. Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted in February on charges of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and hate crimes. The attack occurred in October 2023, just days after the war between Israel and Hamas erupted. Prosecuto…

Illinois man sentenced to 53 years for hate crime murder of Palestinian-American boy

WASHINGTON, May 3 — An Illinois man was sentenced to 53 years in prison on Friday for the murder of a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy in an attack deemed an anti-Muslim hate crime linked to the Israel-Hamas war. Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted in February of fatally stabbing Wadea Al-Fayoumi and attacking the boy’s mother, Hanan Shaheen. Czuba was the family’s landlord and the attack took place a week after the start of the Israel-Hamas wa…

Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian American boy, mother - The Boston Globe

A judge has sentenced an Illinois landlord to 53 years in prison for a hate-crime attack on a 6-year-old Muslim boy and the boy's mother.

Murderer of Palestinian-US boy sentenced to 53 years

An Illinois man was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the murder of a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy in an attack deemed an anti-Muslim hate crime linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

Joseph Czuba was convicted for attacking the child and his mother because of his Muslim faith shortly after the start of the war between Israel and Gaza