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Landlord pleads not guilty to killing US Muslim boy, 6, and stabbing mother

Joseph Czuba United States Hanaan Shahin Muslim Murder Wadea AlFayoume Israel
Crosses adorn the front of the home where six-year-old Palestinian American Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed to death on 17 October 2023 in Plainfield, Illinois.
Crosses adorn the front of the home where six-year-old Palestinian American Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed to death on 17 October in Plainfield, Illinois. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images

A man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian American boy and his mother pleaded not guilty on Monday following his indictment by an Illinois grand jury.

Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the wounding of his mother Hanaan Shahin on 14 October. Authorities said the victims were targeted because of their Muslim faith.

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