Illinois man charged with hate crime in stabbing 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding boy's mother over ongoing Mideast conflict, police and relatives say

A Plainfield man stabbed a 6-year-old boy to death and seriously injured his 32-year-old mother after targeting them because they were Muslim and the man was upset about the ongoing conflict involving Hamas and Israel, the Will County Sheriff’s Office and the family’s relatives said Sunday. Joseph Czuba, 71, of Plainfield, was charged with first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, ...

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