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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Jury finds Illinois man guilty of killing 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in hate crime after Hamas attack on Israel

A jury outside of Chicago convicted an Illinois man on Friday of murder and hate crime charges for the fatal 2023 stabbing of a Palestinian-American boy who lived on his property, an attack prosecutors said was fueled by anti-Muslim hate amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Joseph M. Czuba, 73, faces up to life in prison for the attack on Wadee Alfayoumi, 6, and his mother, Hanan Shaheen, who was injured.

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