Overview

• Oday Al-Fayoume, father of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who was fatally stabbed, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the suburban Chicago landlord charged in the attack.
• The attack, which authorities allege was a hate crime, left Al-Fayoume's son dead and the boy's mother seriously wounded.
• The lawsuit names Joseph Czuba, his wife, Mary Czuba, both of Plainfield, and their property management company, Discerning Property Management.
• Authorities allege that Czuba targeted the family because of their Muslim faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas.
• The Czubas do not yet have an attorney in the wrongful death case and Mary Czuba has filed paperwork to divorce Joseph Czuba.