Landlord indicted on murder, hate crime in fatal attack on Palestinian American boy and stabbing of mother

CHICAGO — The man accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and severely injuring his mother days after the Hamas attack was indicted by a Will County grand jury on hate crime, murder and other charges, prosecutors said Thursday. Joseph Czuba, 71, faces three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of hate crime in connection with a knife attack that killed Wadea al-Fayoume and left his mother, Hanaan Shahin, hospitalized. Czuba, who was the family’s landlord, was pushed to attack his Mus...