A 60-year-old woman has died after being chased to her death by a group of monkeys in India.
The woman, known as Savitri Devi, was sitting on a terrace with her daughter-in-law Renu when monkeys attacked them, local police said.
The pair then fled the scene and rushed to save themselves from the angry mammals, but in their haste, both fell from a terrace.
Savitri died on the spot, while Renu escaped with injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.
The incident took place in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district, in the Mathura Bazar area, NDTV reported.
This comes just a few months after one woman was left bleeding to death after being attacked by monkeys in the city of Agra.
Sanjul Pandey went into a field near her home in the city of Agra to relieve herself when she was attacked and killed at around 11.30pm on Monday.
Relatives found her collapsed from her injuries and rushed her to a nearby medical clinic where she bled to death shortly after.
Locals reported the attack to police the following evening, causing outcry in the city.
Monkeys are a protected species in India under the Wildlife Protection Act, meaning they cannot be moved from their habitat, sterilised or killed.
Sanjul died days after a 12-day-old baby was bitten to death by another monkey.
Mother Neha had been breastfeeding her 12-day-old son Arush when the animal came into her home on the outskirts of Agra on Monday, the Times of India reports.
The victim's father Yogesh, an auto-rickshaw driver, told the newspaper that they chased the monkey.
The animal eventually left the baby on a neighbour's roof – but by then, it was too late.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
