Gang of marauding monkeys terrorises a Japanese city attacking dozens of people, reports say
A macaque was euthanised on Tuesday in the city of Yamaguchi, western Japan, per reports.At least 58 people have been injured by monkeys in recent weeks, according to The Associated Press.Officials in Japan have put down a monkey they say was part of a gang of macaques terrorising the city of Yamaguchi for weeks, according to reports.
The Japanese macaque, which is sometimes referred to as a snow monkey, was euthanised on Tuesday after specially commissioned hunters used a tranquiliser gun to sedate and catch it, The monkey, believed to be four years old, was identified as responsible for at least one of the many attacks that plagued the southwestern Japanese city since the start of July, according to The Guardian.that the rest of the gang of macaques are still at large and are continuing to wreak havoc in the mountainous city, 80 miles from Hiroshima in western Japan.
"Eyewitnesses describe monkeys of different sizes, and even after the capture, we've been getting reports of new attacks," the official told AFP. A spokesperson from Yamaguchi's nature maintenance division declined to comment when contacted by Insider.No one has been seriously injured, but those affected have been advised to get treated at a hospital, the news agency reported.
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