"You're Muslim, right?" 70s American Man Brutally Kills 6-Year-Old Boy

"Attacked Because They Are Muslim"

A man in his 70s in the United States has been charged with stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian boy dozens of times, resulting in the boy's death. The boy's mother was also seriously injured by the stabbing.

According to the New York Times (NYT) and others on the 15th (local time), Will County police in Illinois have arrested and are investigating Joseph Chuba (71) on charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder. The police have also applied hate crime charges.

Chuba is accused of stabbing the 6-year-old boy to death with a weapon at a house in Plainfield Township, a suburb southwest of Chicago, on the morning of the 14th, and injuring the boy's mother with the weapon.

Joseph Chuba indiscriminately attacked a 6-year-old boy and his mother.
[Image source=Will County Police Department Facebook, Illinois]

Chuba is the landlord of the house where the mother and son were renting. It is reported that he committed the crime out of anger after watching news related to the Middle East.

According to information gathered by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim organization in the U.S., landlord Chuba knocked on the door of the house where the mother and son lived on the 14th, and when the boy's mother opened the door, he shouted, "Muslims must die," and strangled her neck.

Chuba attempted to attack with a weapon, and the boy's mother barely escaped to the bathroom and called 911. However, after coming out of the bathroom, the mother found her son stabbed. The boy had 26 stab wounds. He was rushed to the hospital but ultimately died. The boy's mother was also seriously injured with more than ten wounds from the stabbing attack.

Local police stated, "The suspect brutally attacked the two victims because they were Muslims amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel."

On the 9th, the third day of clashes between the Israeli military and the Palestinian armed group Hamas, the Gaza Strip was covered in black smoke.
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The FBI announced that the threat of terrorism within the United States has increased following Hamas's attack on Israel.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said at a briefing that day, "We do not rule out the possibility that Hamas or other foreign terrorist organizations may exploit the conflict to carry out attacks on our soil."

U.S. authorities are currently concerned about the possibility of Islamic terrorist organizations attacking Jewish communities within the United States and have heightened their alert status.

President Biden stated in a statement that day, "Police across cities nationwide have strengthened security around Jewish communities, and the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and other federal law enforcement agencies are closely monitoring for any domestic threats related to the horrific terrorism occurring in Israel."

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