Member of marauding macaque gang killed in Japan

by cheblogudo

Yes, you read that right. First the robots, now the monkeys. It’s hard to stay safe these days.

A member of a gang of monkeys that has terrorised residents of a Japanese city for weeks has been caught and killed, officials say.

The macaques have injured almost 50 people in Yamaguchi […]

“Eyewitnesses describe monkeys of different sizes, and even after the capture, we’ve been getting reports of new attacks,” [an official] said.

The BBC has the full story.