Monday, October 22, 2007

Government Official in India Killed by Monkeys!

Sometimes a news story is just too strange to ignore. Hope you are sitting down.

An Indian official in New Delhi was killed by a gang of….(wait for it)…. Monkeys! Yup, roving bands of Rhesus macaques have been wreaking havoc in New Delhi and the official, Deputy Mayor S.S. Bajwa, fell from his home balcony into a gang of the wild monkeys.

Part of the problem is that Hindus believe monkeys are manifestations of the monkey god Hanuman, and so they often feed them with fruit and nuts. The government has been trying to catch and disperse the monkeys with little success.

And now back to the real news.

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