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Joseph M. Czuba, the 73 -year -old owner found guilty of the murder of a 6 -year -old Palestinian boy Continue Alfayoumi And hurt her mother during a hatred crime in 2023, died by serving a Pintean of 53 years in prison.
The Czuba died Thursday in the care of the Illinois Correctional Services Department, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Bureau of Will.
The context
Police said the Czuba distinguished the victims in response to the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas and because of their faith.
Authorities in the US Have Been on High Alert for Violence Driven by Islamophobic or Antisemitic Sensation, While Both Muslim and Jewish Groups have reported a rise in hateful rhetoric as israel continues to launch airstrikes on the besieged gaza strip follow Israel on October 7, 2023.
Will’s Sheriff’s Bureau of Will said that a woman called 911 to point out that her owner had attacked her with a knife. The authorities did not initially appoint the victims, but the Chicago section of the American-Islamic Relations Council (CAIR), a civilian Muslim organization of freedoms, identified the boy as Wadee Alfayoume and the woman like his mother, Hanaan Shahin.
Czuba shouted “You, Muslims, you have to die!” As he stifled Shahin and attacked him with a knife, she wrote in SMS sent to the father of her son, according to Cair-Chicago. They had lived at home for two years, said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the group, at a press conference after the attack.
The boy was declared dead in a hospital, and his mother had undergone several stab wounds but survived the attack. An autopsy on the boy discovered that he had been Stabbed 26 times.
The Czuba was found guilty of murder, attempted murder and accusations of hatred.
What to know
The February trial presented heartbreaking evidence, including testimonies from Shaheen and his frantic call 911, as well as bloody crime scene photos and police videos. The jurors deliberated less than 90 minutes before putting a guilt verdict. The testimony of the boy’s mother, who said that Czuba attacked her before her son, insisted at the center of the Czuba, said Czuba had attacked him before moving on to her son, insisting that they had to leave because they were Muslim.
The wife of the Czuba, Mary, whom he has divorced since, also testified for the accusation, saying that he had become agitated on the War of Israel-Hamas. The police said that the Czuba had pulled a knife from a support on a belt and stabbed the boy 26 times, leaving the knife in the child’s body.
Some of the photos of the bloody crime scene were so explicit that the judge agreed to transform the television screens showing them from the public, which included relatives of Wadee.
The County Sheriff Office via AP
What people say
In a press release in 2023, former president Joe Biden said: “This horrible act of hatred has no place in America and is opposed to our fundamental values: freedom of fear for the way we pray, what we believe and who we are.”
He added: “As Americans, we must bring together and reject Islamophobia and all forms of fanaticism and hatred. I said on several occasions that I will not be silent in front of hatred. We must be unequivocal. There is no room in America for nobody.”
The reports of the Associated Press contributed to this article.
