A 71-year-old landlord in the Chicago area allegedly stabbed a Muslim mother and her six-year-old son on Saturday, causing serious injury to the mother and killing the boy.
Joseph M. Czuba has been charged with first degree murder, attempted first degree murder, hate crime (2 counts), and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities say Czuba “targeted” the mother and boy “due to them being Muslim and the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis.” Czuba has yet to “make any statements to detectives regarding his involvement in this heinous attack,” authorities added.
A statement from the sheriff’s office says deputies located the two victims inside a bedroom, both with “multiple stab wounds to their chest, torso, and upper extremities.” The mother, 32, “had over a dozen stab wounds to her body” and is “recovering from her injuries at a local area hospital and is expected to…