An Illinois jury on Friday found a man guilty of murder and hate crime charges for an October 2023 stabbing that killed a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and severely wounded his mother, according to court documents.

A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for a brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that left a 6-year-old dead.

JOLIET, Ill. — An Illinois man was found guilty Friday in the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and the wounding of his mother, an attack that prosecutors said was motivated by anti-Muslim hate, just days after Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023.

Prosecutors said the man targeted the six-year-old and his mother over their Muslim faith following the Israel-Hamas war.

Joseph Czuba stabbed the child 26 times in October 2023, a week after the Israel-Gaza conflict began. A jury convicted him on murder, hate crimes and other charges.

A jury found Illinois landlord Joseph M. Czuba guilty of murder in the stabbing death of Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy.

US man found guilty of hate crime murder of Palestinian-American boy - Wadee Alfayoumi died in hospital after he was stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18cm) serrated blade on October 16,