Illinois Landlord Charged With 2023 Hate Crime and Murder of Palestinian American Boy Set for Trial

Illinois Landlord Charged With 2023 Hate Crime and Murder of Palestinian American Boy Set for Trial
Joseph Czuba stands before Circuit Judge Dave Carlson for his arraignment at the Will County, Ill., on Oct. 30, 2023. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo
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JOLIET, Ill.—The trial of a suburban Chicago landlord accused of murder, attempted murder, and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on a Palestinian American woman and her young son is set to start Tuesday.

Joseph Czuba, 73, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023. Authorities said the family was targeted because of their Islamic faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas that erupted on Oct. 7, 2023 with a Hamas attack on southern Israel.