Man pleads not guilty to hate crime in fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Muslim boy in Illinois
An Illinois man has pleaded not guilty in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Muslim boy in the Chicago suburb of Plainfield, Illinois. An Illinois man pleaded not guilty Monday in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year- old Muslim boy in Plainfield -- allegedly over the Hamas-Israel co NFL ict -- earlier this month, according to Chicago ABC station WLS. Joseph Czuba allegedly stabbed Wadea Al-Fayoume 26 times with a " Military -style knife" and also stabbed his mother Hanan Shaheen more than a dozen times in the incident, according to police. Shaheen survived the attack. Czuba was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of a hate crime and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. MORE: Experts fear hate, extremism on social media amid Israel-Hamas war Authorities have claimed the victims "were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis." The Justice Departme...