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.

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.

Joseph Czuba is accused of stabbing his tenant Hanan Shaheen and killing her son, Wadee Al Fayoumi, 6. Prosecutors and defense attorneys are expected to make their closing arguments Friday.

In Illinois, a jury found landlord Joseph Czuba guilty of murder and hate crimes for killing 6-year-old Palestinian American child Wadea al-Fayoume and wounding his mother, Hanan Shaheen, in October 2023 in the town of Plainfield.

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.

After deliberating just over an hour, a jury on Friday found Joseph Czuba guilty of attacking his tenant, Hanan Shaheen, and killing her 6-year-old son, Wadee Al Fayoumi, after becoming radicalized by coverage of the war in Gaza.

Joseph Czuba, 73, is accused of killing 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and wounding the child's mother, who were his tenants, after the Israel-Hamas war started in 2023.

Joseph Czuba, 73, an Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and attacking his mother because of their Muslim faith in 2023, was convicted on all eight charges, including first-degree murder.

Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted of first-degree murder and hate crimes for the fatal stabbing of 6-year-old Wadea Al Fayoumi and the attack on his mother, a Palestinian-American family targeted amid a climate of anti-Palestinian rhetoric and media bias.

A landlord from Illinois was found guilty of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and critically wounding the boy's mother.

A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for the brutal killing of a 6-year-old whose mother rented rooms in the man’s home, an attack that spiked fears over anti-Muslim discrimination in the earliest days of the war in Gaza.