[CrackMonkey] Angry Monkeys

[Bob Bernstein]

Feb 24, 2000 - 10:02 AM 

Report: Thirsty Monkeys Stone Herder to
Death in Kenya 
The Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Thirsty monkeys in drought-affected
eastern Kenya stoned to death a herder watering his
livestock, a local newspaper reported Thursday. 

Ali Adam Hussein and other herdsmen had stopped to water
their cattle at a pool in the northeastern Wajir district 
on Saturday when a group of wild monkeys attacked them with
stones, the independent daily East African Standard said. 

Hussein died from severe head injuries after he was
transferred to a dispensary in Ajawa, the newspaper quoted
Abdi Gosho, a nurse in the village, as saying. 

Attempts to confirm the story were unsuccessful. Police in
Wajir, contacted by telephone from the Kenyan capital
Nairobi, had no information about the alleged incident. 

The report did not specify what kind of monkey carried out
the purported attack. Baboons have been known to throw
objects at rivals. 

AP-ES-02-24-00 1002EST 

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