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Thai Police Tranquilize Monkey After Child’s Fatal Bite

6/11/2026

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Police located the macaque and used tranquilizer guns to subdue it after it fatally attacked a child.
A seven-year-old boy in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand, died when his pet macaque bit his lung.
The monkey, named Choke, had been rescued from a roadside in 2022 by the boy’s grandfather.
Police said the grandfather will be questioned because keeping macaques without proper authorization is illegal.

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Story summary

Police located the macaque and used tranquilizer guns to subdue it after it fatally attacked a child.
A seven-year-old boy in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand, died when his pet macaque bit his lung.
The monkey, named Choke, had been rescued from a roadside in 2022 by the boy’s grandfather.
Police said the grandfather will be questioned because keeping macaques without proper authorization is illegal.