Monkeys stones Priest to Death

A group of irate Monkeys have stoned a priest to death in India.According to a police report, the priest identified as Mishra was stoned to death by monkeys while he was sweeping the porch of his home in Patna.... more picture after cut

The monkeys were perched on the roof of the house when they began throwing bricks which hit the priest hard. After the attack, Mishra was rushed to a hospital by his family where he died of his wounds.

Police wanted an autopsy to be carried out on but the family refused for religious reasons.

Indian police disclosed the priest was the third person killed by the monkeys and in earlier incidents, the monkeys threw stones at women and children.

Police have ordered forest department officials and the Patna Municipal Corporation to work together to apprehend the monkeys and turn them over to the Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park

By Today.ng