A jury found an Illinois landlord convicted of his 2023 stabbing on Friday, claiming the life of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy Wadee Alfayoumi and causing serious injuries to his mother.
Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of hate crimes, and three counts of murder, one count of murder, one count of murder, one count of first-degree murder, which is ruthless.
Alfayoumi’s mother Hanaan Shahin told police Czuba that Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023 and subsequent wars and attacked her and her son on October 14, she asked him to “pray for peace.”
Wadee Alfayoumi’s father, Oday Alfayoumi, right, his uncle Mahmoud Yousef attended Wadee’s vigil on October 17, 2023 at the Prairie Activity and Recreation Center in Plainfield, Illinois. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Yes, file)
Influential people go to the West Bank to see if the Palestinians support Hamas – he barely lives
She was stabbed several times.
The war began a week before the attack, on October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked southern Israel.
Fox32 reported that prosecutors accused Kubai of stabbing his tenant for two years because they were Palestinian Americans.
In the video shown in court Thursday, Kuba talked to an officer about the attack inside the police car.
“I’m worried they’ll do jihad on me,” Kuba said.
Oday Alfayoumi and others carried the coffin of his son Wadee Alfayoumi at Parkholm Cemetery in Lagrange Park, Illinois on October 16, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Kuzuba also captured the video saying that Shahin did not tell him she was a Muslim and compared the Palestinian Liberation Organization with the Nazi Nazis. According to the report.
Watch: Pro-Israel influencer resumes West Bank interview with Palestinian women, who is threatened to delete
Fox 32 reported that although Shahin and her son had no problems before, Kuba’s wife testified that he was withdrawn and angry after watching news reports on the Hamas attack and asking his family to move out.
According to the report, Shahin told Kuqiuba: “As a Muslim, you must die”, and he attacked her with a knife.
According to Fox 32, she locked herself in the bathroom, called 911, and then heard her son screaming in another room.
Protesters participated in the Chicago Judicial Union marching in Chicago Palestine on August 21, 2024. (Fox News figures)
The 15-minute call was called in court, and Shahin said her son could scream in the background.
Prosecutors said blood and DNA evidence was found on the knife left inside the boy.
Click here to get the Fox News app
State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid, D-Bridgeview, the first Palestinian American to serve in the state legislature, issued a statement calling the case “painful.”
“Today, my heart pays tribute to Wadee Alfayoumi’s family,” Rashid said. “The jury is right, including all charges by Joseph Kuquhoba, including murder and hate crimes.”
FOX 32 Chicago and the Associated Press contributed to the report.
