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An Illinois landlord who killed a six-year-old Palestinian American lad and severely injured the boy's parent successful a vicious hate-crime onslaught days aft the warfare successful Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years successful prison.
Wadee Alfayoumi, his parent were stabbed by landlord Joseph Czuba successful October 2023
The Associated Press
· Posted: May 02, 2025 1:48 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago
An Illinois landlord who killed a six-year-old Palestinian American lad and severely injured the boy's parent successful a vicious hate-crime onslaught days aft the warfare successful Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years successful prison.
Joseph Czuba, 73, was recovered blameworthy successful February of murder, attempted execution and hate-crime charges successful the decease of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen.
Authorities said Czuba targeted them successful October 2023 due to the fact that of their Islamic religion and arsenic a effect to the warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas. The household was renting rooms from Czuba astatine a suburban Chicago location astatine the clip of the attack.
Evidence astatine proceedings included harrowing grounds from Shaheen and her frantic 911 call, on with transgression country photos and constabulary video. Jurors deliberated little than 90 minutes earlier handing successful a verdict.
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