May 2, 2025 Meet the Middle East

Murderer of Palestinian-American boy sentenced to 53 years

An Illinois man was sentenced to 53 years in prison on Friday for the murder of a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy in an attack deemed an anti-Muslim hate crime linked to the Israel-Hamas war.Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted in February of fatally stabbing Wadea Al-Fayoumi and attacking the boy's mother, Hanan Shaheen.Czuba was the family's landlord and the attack took place a week after the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.
Source: Al Monitor
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