Boy killed after being mistaken for monkey

[JIMMYtheSKULL]

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/boy-killed-after-mistaken-for-monkey-police-20170306

Durban – An 87-year-old man appeared in the Umzinto Magistrate’s Court on Monday for allegedly shooting a 12-year-old boy he apparently mistook for a monkey, KwaZulu-Natal police said.

The boy was climbing a guava tree on the man's property in Breamar on Sunday when he was shot in the head and upper body, Sergeant Patrick Msomi told News24.

The boy died on the scene.

 

[KoKaRoT]

very easy mistake to make

 

[Solarion]

Mistook him for a Nazi spy.

Someone let grandpa know the war is over.

 

[JIMMYtheSKULL]

Kinda think there has got to be a better way.... earth is here for all of us, monkeys included, or should we rather go to a system of who has the biggest muscles?

money is the root of all evil.... just saying...

 

[DA-LION-619]

Boy Killed after mistaken for monkey!

Why would you shoot a monkey...

 

[Chevron]

The love of money is the root of all evil.

FTFY

Money itself is just a tool.

 

[cguy]

FTFY

Money itself is just a tool.

As is someone who shoots at monkeys.

 

[Neoprod]

Kinda think there has got to be a better way.... earth is here for all of us, monkeys included, or should we rather go to a system of who has the biggest muscles?

money is the root of all evil.... just saying...

guava in this case, no?

 

[Neoprod]

As is someone who shoots at monkeys.

+1.

 

[Swa]

Well it can easily happen...

 

[Bosvark@]

Monkeys are borderline pests in that area. This is going too far though.

 

[BlackMamba]

You see a monkey and the first thing that comes to mind is "let me shoot it". HUH

 

[ponder]

You see a monkey and the first thing that comes to mind is "let me shoot it". HUH

I don't think you're allowed to shoot them either. That said the vervet monkeys over here have become real pests, several huge troops around and they are pretty destructive mofos. People think they're cute but I cannot stand them.

 

[Hamster]

Spot the okes who've never lived on a farm

 

[marioat1]

Spot the okes who've never lived on a farm

think the pc term is bunnyhugger

 

[Azbubu]

Let's wait for some rotten apples to come in here and say that the boy shouldn't have been there in the first place.

 

[Hamster]

Let's wait for some rotten apples to come in here and say that the boy shouldn't have been there in the first place.

Oi! Don't you come here with your anti-communistic tendencies! The land is for everybody!

 

[Thor]

Let's wait for some rotten apples to come in here and say that the boy shouldn't have been there in the first place.

The boy was trespassing

 

[Arthur]

You see a monkey and the first thing that comes to mind is "let me shoot it". HUH

Quite the opposite, I suspect.

More likely is that he started out as a monkey-lover but after years and years of monkeys causing massive damage he's finally had enough ... entering the house through small openings, etc, etc. He probably can't be inside his house without making sure that every single door and window is tightly closed.

My family has a seaside place that periodically gets vandalised by a troup of baboons. I've been there when baboons got in the house while we were at the beach. They stayed inside for two hours. All we could do was watch from afar.

Just a few weeks ago I heard about the havoc caused by monkeys who got into an acquaintance's seaside house.

Unless you've actually experienced this you're unlikely to understand.

 

[thestaggy]

I don't think you're allowed to shoot them either. That said the vervet monkeys over here have become real pests, several huge troops around and they are pretty destructive mofos. People think they're cute but I cannot stand them.

Lol. Man encroaches and suddenly animals become the pests?

We are one arrogant species.