Law and disorder as Thai police station comes under monkey attack


A mob of 200 monkeys escaped from their enclosures and ran riot in town. - PHOTO: REUTERS

BANGKOK (AFP): Police in central Thailand said they barricaded themselves into their own station over the weekend, after a menacing mob of 200 escaped monkeys ran riot on the town.

The human inhabitants of Lopburi have long suffered from a growing and aggressive monkey population and authorities have built special enclosures to contain groups of the unruly residents.

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