Italy investigates alleged abduction of boy who survived cable car crash

Six year-old Eitan Biran, who is at centre of custody battle, reportedly taken to Israel by grandfather

Italian prosecutors have launched an investigation after a six-year-old boy who was the only person to survive a cable car crash in Italy in May was taken by his grandfather to Israel, against the wishes of other members of his family amid a bitter custody battle.

Eitan Biran, whose parents and two-year-old brother died in the Stresa-Mottarone aerial tramway crash on 23 May, has been at the centre of a custody battle between relatives in Italy and Israel.