Authorities say the boy and his mother were targeted because they're Muslim and due to 'the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict.'
Share on email An Illinois man has been charged after a stabbing outside Chicago that left a 6-year-old boy dead and his mother critically injured in an attack police said was connected to theThe Will County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that Joseph Czuba, a 71-year-old landlord, was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated battery and a hate crime for allegedly attacking two of his tenants in their Plainfield Township residence.
Detectives say Czuba stabbed the boy 26 times on Saturday and targeted the family because they're Muslim and due to "the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis," the sheriff's office said in a statement.identified the Palestinian American victims as Hanaan Shahin, 32, and Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, alongside their family members at a news conference on Sunday.
"Let's be clear," Illinois State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid said at the news conference, "This was directly connected to the dehumanizing of Palestinians that has been allowed over the last week by our media, by our elected officials who have lacked the moral compass and lacked the courage to call for something as simple as de-escalation and peace.
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