US man sentenced to 53 years for murder of Palestinian-American boy

A 73-year-old landlord from Illinois, a state in the Midwestern United States (US), has been sentenced to 53 years in prison for a brutal hate crime that left a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy dead and his mother seriously injured.

The attack took place on October 14, 2023, shortly



after the start of Israel’s war in Gaza Strip.

Czuba, angry about the conflict, forced his way into the family’s home in Plainfield Township, about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. He attacked the mother, Hanan Shaheen, strangled her, and stabbed her repeatedly with a military-style knife.