Israeli police 'reopen' probe into pepper-spray attack on Armenian boy

Israeli police have reopened the investigation into the pepper-spraying of a nine-year-old Armenian Christian boy named William in Jerusalem, according to journalist Yossi Eli. The police announced the reopening despite the assault having been captured on security cameras, following Eli's exclusive report on the incident. William was riding his bicycle near the Mamilla neighborhood on Yom Kippur, the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar, while listening to music through headphones when a group of men approached him.

After he removed his headphones, one of the men allegedly shouted, "No English, Jews" before spraying William with pepper spray. The video shared by Eli shows the distraught boy crying inside an ambulance as his mother comforts him, reassuring him that his younger sister, Arev, is safe. This was the second attack on William; in the first incident, his father intervened to protect him, but in this instance, he was alone.