A man killed a child and injured a woman in a knife attack on the outskirts of Chicago, United States, in what was being investigated as a hate crime, because the alleged motive for the attack was the victims' Muslim status. local authorities reported this Sunday. The incident occurred on Saturday and the attacker, identified as Joseph Czuba, 71, was charged this Sunday with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of hate crime and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, the police reported. Will County Sheriff's Office. “Detectives determined that both victims of this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to their being Muslims and the ongoing conflict between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel,” the office said in a statement, according to the news agency. Europe Press. After the attack, the boy arrived at a hospital in critical condition, with more than twenty stab wounds, and there he died a while later, while the woman remained hospitalized in serious condition, with more than a dozen stab wounds. The attacker, who was detained, did not respond to the interrogation of the detectives, but they stated that there is enough evidence to incriminate him and said that his appearance in court was imminent.