A man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian-American woman and her young son pleads not guilty following his indictment by an Illinois grand jury.
Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the wounding of Hanaan Shahin on Oct. 14. Authorities say the victims were targeted because of their Muslim faith.
Shahin told police that Czuba, her landlord in Plainfield in Will County, was upset over the Israel-Hamas war and attacked them after she had urged him to “pray for peace.”
Czuba appears in court wearing a red jail uniform, socks and slippers. His attorney George Lenard enters the not guilty plea.
Czuba does not speak, looking down at the podium as he stands before the judge in the court in Joliet, Illinois.
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