Monkeys snatch and kill a baby boy from his mother

A one-month-old baby boy was killed in Tanzania after a monkey snatched him from his mother and broke into their home with a group of monkeys, in Mwamjungu village near Gombe Nation park in the west of the country.

Kigoma regional commander James Manyama said the baby died after the villagers tried to use force to save him. after receiving treatment.

Police urged the public to be vigilant about the monkey crossing from the national park.

Wildlife experts said it was not known what type of monkeys were involved in the accident, and that such an incident was very rare and not uncommon.

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