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Nurse Hurt As She Fends Off Monkey Attack
http://allafrica.com/stories/200403030778.html

Posted to the web March 3, 2004

George Munene
Nairobi

A nurse was yesterday attacked and injured by a monkey in Kirinyaga 
District, central Kenya.

Ms Ann Mwai, 40, who works at the district hospital, was bitten in both hands.

She was preparing breakfast in her house in Kerugoya Town when the 
animal entered through the kitchen door and the frightened nurse 
dropped a pan of hot tea.

At first she thought it was a dog, but in the struggle she realised 
it was a monkey and screamed for help as she fought it off.

She told the Nation after being discharged from hospital that the 
animal, which was stoned to death by neighbours who had responded to 
her call for help, had come from a nearby hotel. It was kept by the 
hotel owner to entertain customers, and she suspected it was 
suffering from rabies.

She threatened to sue the hotelier, accusing him of keeping the 
animal illegally. "I suspect the businessman has no licence to keep 
the animal as he buried it immediately it was killed. If he had legal 
authority to keep it he would inform the Kenya Wildlife Service," she 
said..

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