Warning: The video in this article has distressing footage.

A video has emerged of a pro-rebel Syrian man torturing and striking a Syrian boy on the Greek island of Chios.

The Greek island off the coast of Turkey has been rocked by refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries, as Greece struggled to grapple with a crippling recession.

The video shows a man attacking a child who is purportedly to be Usama abd Al-Fattah Aboud and the child Abd Al-Fattah Aboud.

The man beating the child is his father who is trying to extort money from his ex-wife.

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1. Usama Abdu, a pro-rebel refugee kidnaps & tortures Syrian boy on the Greek island of Chios to extort money pic.twitter.com/kmvhyOvT0K — The'Nimr'Tiger ?? (@Souria4Syrians) December 14, 2016

The wife revealed all this on her Facebook account.

5. It turns out the Usama Abdu is the boys father. Sending the videos to his ex-wife & demanding money. She leaked everything on Facebook pic.twitter.com/dPWJXAXpCQ — The'Nimr'Tiger ?? (@Souria4Syrians) December 14, 2016

The man has reportedly been arrested by Greek authorities and the boy is safe.