CABIN ATTENDANT RPT; B767-300; MIA-BOS. PAX INTERVENTION; RPTED CHILD ABUSE. CABIN CREW MOVED BOY TO JUMP SEAT AREA. CABIN ATTENDANT LEFT JUMP SEAT ON LNDG TO GRAB BOY.

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DURING TKOF; I NOTICED A LITTLE BOY WAS VERY UPSET WITH THE ADULT THAT HE WAS WITH. I SAW THE AUNT SLAP THIS BOY ON THE ARM BECAUSE OF HIS BEHAVIOR. LATER INFLT; A PAX ASKED TO FILE A COMPLAINT BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE HAD BEEN WATCHING GO ON. THROUGHOUT THE FLT; ALL FLT ATTENDANTS TOOK THIS BOY FROM THE AUNTS AND HE STAYED WITH US THROUGHOUT THE FLT AND HE WAS VERY CALM. DURING OUR DSCNT; HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS SEAT; AND I HAD TO JUMP OUT OF MINE AND GRAB HIM TO PROTECT HIM. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT DURING THE BOARDING PROCESS; THE BOY WAS KICKING AND SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS. HIS 2 AUNTS WERE TRYING TO SMOTHER HIS SCREAMS WITH A PILLOW OVER HIS FACE. ONE THEN PROCEEDED TO HIT HIM WITH HER FIST TO HIS UPPER BODY. SHE FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD COME IN FROM LIMA; PERU; AND THAT HIS MOTHER WAS MEETING THEM IN BOSTON. AS THE CREW STARTED THEIR COCKTAIL SVC; THE BOY WAS OUT OF CTL; SO A STEWARD PICKED HIM UP AND PUT HIM ON TOP OF THE COCKTAIL CART; AND HE STOPPED CRYING. THE CREW HAD HIM ASSIST IN THEIR SVC. WHEN THE OTHER PAX WANTED TO FILE A CHILD ABUSE COMPLAINT; THE CREW HAD NO CHOICE AND GAVE THEM A FORM. THE CAPT WAS THEN OBLIGATED TO CALL FOR THE POLICE TO MEET THE FLT. ON TOUCHDOWN; THE RPTR HAD TO LEAVE HER JUMP SEAT AND GRAB THE RUNNING BOY; AND SHE SAT WITH HIM IN A PAX SEAT FOR TAXI IN. WHEN THE POLICE ESCORTED THEM OFF THE PLANE; ONE OF THE AUNTS ATTACKED A POLICEMAN; SO THEY ARRESTED HER ON THE SPOT.