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According to the report, A US man gets 53 years for fatally stabbing a Palestinian-American child. An Illinois landlord who fatally stabbed a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy and severely wounded his mother has been sentenced to 53 years in prison.
The report said that Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted in February for murder and hate crimes for the death of Wadee Alfayoumi, and the wounding of his mother Hanan Shaheen in 2023 shortly after the start of the Israel-Gaza war.
The report also stated that the family had been tenants in Czuba's home in Plainfield, roughly 64 km (40 miles) from Chicago. Prosecutors said he targeted them over their Muslim faith. Czuba had pleaded not guilty, but jurors convicted him after deliberating for less than 90 minutes. Wadee Alfayoumi's great-uncle, Mahmoud Yousef, told the court on Friday that no sentence was going to "justify" the boy's death.
In addition to the report, the day of the attack, he forced his way into the home of the Alfayoumi family, who had been renting rooms from him and attacked them with a knife, prosecutors said. He stabbed the mother over a dozen times, prosecutors said, then turned towards the boy and stabbed him 26 times. Evidence during trial included graphic crime scene photos and police saying they found Czuba outside the house after the attack with his body and hands covered in blood.
Source: BBC
The report said that Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted in February for murder and hate crimes for the death of Wadee Alfayoumi, and the wounding of his mother Hanan Shaheen in 2023 shortly after the start of the Israel-Gaza war.
The report also stated that the family had been tenants in Czuba's home in Plainfield, roughly 64 km (40 miles) from Chicago. Prosecutors said he targeted them over their Muslim faith. Czuba had pleaded not guilty, but jurors convicted him after deliberating for less than 90 minutes. Wadee Alfayoumi's great-uncle, Mahmoud Yousef, told the court on Friday that no sentence was going to "justify" the boy's death.
In addition to the report, the day of the attack, he forced his way into the home of the Alfayoumi family, who had been renting rooms from him and attacked them with a knife, prosecutors said. He stabbed the mother over a dozen times, prosecutors said, then turned towards the boy and stabbed him 26 times. Evidence during trial included graphic crime scene photos and police saying they found Czuba outside the house after the attack with his body and hands covered in blood.
Source: BBC
