2023-10-16 12:06:22
Updated Monday, October 16, 2023 – 12:06
The little boy, who was stabbed 26 times, died in the hospital. The woman who was with him, believed to be the mother, survived the “atrocious” attack
A Palestinian child is stabbed to death with 26 stabs in an attack of hatred for the war in IsraelDirect All the last hour of the war between Israel and Hamas
An American man was charged this Sunday with murder and a hate crime after having stabbed a Muslim woman and a 6-year-old boy dozens of timesin an attack that police linked to the war between Israel and Hams.
The little one Wadea al-Fayoume, who was stabbed 26 timesdied in the hospital, but the 32-year-old woman, believed to be his mother, is expected to survive Saturday’s “heinous” attack, according to a statement from the Will County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois.
“Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targets of the suspect given that they were Muslims and because of the ongoing Middle East conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,” said the statement, which located the murder about 40 miles away. west of Chicago.
The sheriff’s office did not provide further details or clarify the nationalities of the victims, but the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) described the minor as a Palestinian-American.
Authorities reported that the woman managed to call 911 while confronting the attacker, identified by the sheriff’s office as Joseph Czuba, 71 years old.
Joseph M. Czuba, alleged perpetrator of the murder of a 6-year-old Muslim boy, in Chicago. SHERIFF’S OFFICE | AP
Those attacked were located “inside the residence in a room. Both victims had multiple stab wounds to their chest, torso and upper extremities,” the statement noted.
And military style serrated knife with a blade longer than 17 centimeters It was removed from the child’s abdomen during the autopsy, the document noted.
The American president, Joe Biden, spoke moments later and described the attack as a “horrible act of hate.”
“This horrible act of hate has no place in America, and it is against our core values: freedom from fear for how we pray, what we believe, and who we are,” Biden said in a statement.
When the police arrived they found Czuba sitting on the ground, near the entrance to his residence, with a wound on his forehead. He was taken to the hospital for treatment before being charged with murder, attempted murder and two counts of hate crimes.
“He slammed the door and tried to choke her, and said ‘you Muslims must die’“, the head of CAIR in Chicago, Ahmed Rehab, told reporters, citing one of the text messages sent by the woman from the hospital to the father of the murdered boy.
It was “our worst nightmare,” CAIR said in a statement.
Israel declared war on Hamas last Sunday, a day after a wave of fighters from the Islamist group crossed the fortified border and shot, stabbed and burned more than 1,400 people, mostly civilians, to death.
The subsequent unstoppable bombings have destroyed neighborhoods and left at least 2,670 people dead in the Gaza Strip, including ordinary citizens.
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