![]() “Recently, we’ve heard of cases where the monkey has clung onto a person’s leg and once that person tries to get them off, they get bitten – or they’ve gotten sprung on from behind,” he said. ![]() Those attacked have been scratched on their hands and legs, and bitten on their necks and stomachs, but have not reported any serious injuries, said Masato Saito, an official from the Yamaguchi city hall. Victims range from toddlers to the elderly, Morishige said. ![]() The number of confirmed attacks has more than doubled in less than a week. Initially, officials reported that the attacks were the work of one rogue monkey – but authorities now say they cannot confirm if one or several of the animals were responsible. Since July 8, at least 45 people have been injured by Japanese macaques – also known as snow monkeys – in and around Yamaguchi city, according to Yoshitaka Morishige, an official from the Yamaguchi prefectural government’s conservation department. Wild monkeys have attacked dozens of residents of a city in southwestern Japan in recent weeks, with reports of the animals crawling through house windows and striking from behind, as police step up an unsuccessful search for them.
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