Caught on camera: Woman punches 10-year-old in Bronx deli

NEW YORK -- A woman was caught on camera punching a 10-year-old boy inside a Bronx deli in an ill attempt to teach the boy some manners.

The fifth grader, Mohammed Almontsire, relived the August 19 attack.

"She slapped me two times, and punched me one time," Mohammed said.

"Indescribable for a father to see your son chased and beat up," said Ibrahim Almontsir.

The slaps and punch occurred inside the family's deli on East 206th Street in the Bronx. Mohammed went in to pick up some bags. He says the lady ordered him to say thank you to the cashier.

"I told the lady it's none of her business, she said she has better grandsons that respect her and have better manners," Mohammed says.

It got worse from here. Eyewitness News is told the woman decided to teach him manners - with her hands and fist.

"The way she punches him around, he was very helpless," Ibrahim Almontsir adds.

Mohammed said the woman also called him "bad words."

Police are looking for the older woman who was captured on the security cameras terrorizing the helpless boy. The owner says he did not recognize the woman as one of his regular customers. A person of interest who was with the suspect is described as approximately 25 to 30 years old, last seen wearing a hat and a black T-shirt with a design on the front.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS.