An
eight-day-old baby has died after being snatched from her bed by a group of
monkeys who then threw her in a moat, according to reports.
A mum was
devastated to find her newborn twin girls gone from their beds after a pack of
primates invaded her home on Saturday.
Locals
spotted the animals carrying the babies across rooftops – and managed to rescue
one of the baby girls after she was left on a roof.
Tragically,
the other baby girl was later recovered from a nearby moat and pronounced dead
at the scene.
The shock
incident took place in Mela Alangam (West Rampart) near Thanjavur Palace in
India.
India
Today reports: “Buvaneswari, the mother of newborn twin girls, alleged that
monkeys entered her home and picked up the sleeping babies on Saturday.
“Buvaneswari
further said she was shocked to see the monkeys on the roof and began yelling.
It was only later that she realised that her children were missing.
“As she
began to cry, neighbours came to help and reportedly retrieved one baby from
the roof but couldn't find the other one.
"Moments
later, the other baby was found in a nearby water body. Medical team which
reached the spot pronounced the child dead."
Inspector
S Chandramohan of Thanjavur West police told the Times of India: “Once we got
the information about the incident, we rushed to the spot and searched for the
second baby.
"We
finally located the infant on the moat. We have sent the body to the Government
Medical College Hospital for postmortem."
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