NBC News reports:
An Illinois man was found guilty Friday in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the wounding of his mother, an attack that prosecutors said was motivated by anti-Muslim hate and a response to the Israel-Hamas War.
Joseph Czuba was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and hate crimes in the Oct. 14, 2023, killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, who was stabbed 26 times, and in the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen, who was stabbed more than a dozen times in suburban Chicago
Some of the footage and images were so graphic that Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak granted a request from one of Czuba’s attorneys that the giant courtroom television monitor be turned away from the gallery so that only the jurors could see it.
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BREAKING: An Illinois man is found guilty of murder and hate crimes for fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and wounding his mother. https://t.co/bvOkzrqSxn
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