Joseph Czuba, 73, faces first-degree murder, attempted murder, and hate crime charges in the death of Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen, in October 2023 in suburban Chicago.

The trial for the Illinois man charged in the fatal 2023 stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in what prosecutors call a hate crime began Monday in Will County. 71-year-old Joseph Czuba is accused in the stabbing death of Wadea Al-Fayoume and seriously injuring the boy’s mother.

The trial for the murder of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy, described as a hate crime, has commenced in Illinois. Rights advocates highlight rising Islamophobia. The alleged attacker, the family's landlord,

Prosectors argued that the 2023 killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, 6, in suburban Chicago was motivated by anti-Muslim hate.

The trial for the Illinois man charged in the fatal 2023 stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in what prosecutors call a hate crime is set to begin in Will County on Monday.

A woman whose 6-year-old son was fatally stabbed in an attack that prosecutors say was motivated by hate said her son watched in fear as she was stabbed.

A Chicago Muslim mother described to jurors on Tuesday how she hid in a locked bathroom and called emergency services after her landlord brutally attacked her with a knife and then fatally stabbed her young Palestinian American son in another room.