Jakarta -- Soldiers, police and civilian sharpshooters have been enlisted to wage war on macaques who have wreaked havoc on villages in Indonesia's province of Central Java, media reports said Friday. Hordes of long-tailed macaques have been attacking crops, livestock and people in two villages for the past two months, the online news website Solopos reported. Residents have been advised to stay indoors and close their windows after about a dozen people were injured in monkey invasions. "During the next week, police, soldiers and members of Perbakin (National Rifle Association) will wage an open war against the wild monkeys," Sukimin, a village chief, was quoted as saying. "Our mission is to protect people and their crops," he was quoted as saying by Merdeka.com news portal.

Source: The China Post August 04, 2017 12:33 UTC