Illinois man kills six-year-old Muslim boy and stabs mother in hate crime

Joseph Czuba, 71, charged with murder and hate crime for stabbing his tenants over a dozen times in Plainfield, Illinois

A 71-year-old man in Plainfield, Illinois, has been charged with murder and a hate crime after stabbing a child and his mother because they were Muslims in an attack that killed a six-year-old boy and left the adult seriously wounded.

In a statement posted to the Will county sheriff’s office social media page, law enforcement responded to an emergency call made by a 32-year-old woman who alleged her landlord had attacked her with a knife.