Law enforcement said the 71-year-old suspect who fatally stabbed a young boy and seriously wounded a woman was motivated by the Israel-Hamas war. The suspect has been charged with a hate crime.
A 71-year-old man from Illinois, accused of fatally stabbing a boy and seriously injuring a woman because of their Islamic faith andBoth victims, a 32-year-old woman and 6-year-old boy, were found with multiple stab wounds to their chest, torso and upper extremities, inside a residence in the unincorporated Plainfield Township outside of Chicago, the Will County Sheriff's Office said
Authorities did not identify the victims. The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said the victims were a mother and son. The organization said the boy was Palestinian American.The boy's father appeared at a news conference hosted by the organization on Sunday. The group said the father had shared text messages with them from the mother describing the incident.
Czuba was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of a hate crime, and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
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