Mother testifies her 6-year-old son watched in horror as attacker stabbed her before killing boy
She was the first witness to take the stand in the trial of Joseph Czuba, 73, who is accused of killing the Palestinian American boy amid the Israel-Hamas war.
In Hate Crime Trial, Mother of Slain Palestinian American Boy Testifies
Prosectors argued that the 2023 killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, 6, in suburban Chicago was motivated by anti-Muslim hate.
Mother of Palestinian American boy killed in Chicago hate crime gives evidence
A Chicago Muslim mother described to jurors on Tuesday how she hid in a locked bathroom and called emergency services after her landlord brutally attacked her with a knife and then fatally stabbed her young Palestinian American son in another room.
‘He’s killing my baby,‘ mother testifies in Plainfield Township hate crime murder trial
Hanan Shaheen testified in Will County court Tuesday about the 2023 brutal knife attack that left her seriously wounded and led to the death of her 6-year-old son. Joseph Czuba, 73, of Plainfield
Slain 6-year-old boy's mother, injured in stabbing, 1st to testify in Will County hate crime trial
The mother of a 6-year-old Muslim boy who was stabbed to death was the first to take the stand Tuesday in his accused murderer's trial.
Trial for Plainfield man accused of killing Palestinian boy, 6, in 2023 begins Monday
Joseph Czuba, 71, is facing murder charges along with aggravated battery and two counts of hate crime charges.
Mother of Palestinian American boy slain in suburban Chicago hate crime testifies at trial
An Illinois landlord charged with murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on a Palestinian American mother and her young son is expected at trial.
Palestinian American boy's mother testifies during murder trial: 'I start hearing screaming'
Hanan Shaheen was the first witness called to testify in the trial of Joseph Czuba, the Plainfield landlord charged with attacking her and killing her 6-year-old son, Wadee Al Fayoumi.
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Odai Alfayoumi, father of six-year-old Palestinian boy Wadee Alfayoumi, flashes a peace sign as he leaves Will County ...
Jury selected in trial for unincorp. Plainfield stabbing that killed Muslim boy, injured his mother
The jury was selected on Monday for the trial of Joseph Czuba, who is accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy and injuring his mother in a hate crime attack back in 2023.
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Chicago Islamic group hopes court will ‘make an example’ of Joseph Czuba as murder trial gets underway
The trial of Joseph Czuba, the Plainfield Township landlord charged in the stabbing of his two tenants in October 2023, ...
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Odai Alfayoumi, father of six-year-old Palestinian boy Wadee Alfayoumi, leaves the Will County Courthouse where Joseph Czuba, ...