The first attacks took place on 8 July in the Ogori district of Yamaguchi prefecture in the south-west of Japan
Police in Japan are hunting for a wild monkey that has attacked 10 people, including a baby and two four-year-old girls, in the space of two weeks.
The local mayor's office has distributed flyers warning people to be on the lookout as the search for the animal continues. The girl's mother told local media:"I was vacuuming when I heard my child crying, so I turned around and saw the monkey had grabbed her by the legs while she was playing on the floor.It came before the monkey opened the screen door of a first-floor apartment last weekend and scratched the leg of a four-year-old girl, according to the Kyodo news agency.
The monkey also invaded a local kindergarten classroom and scratched another four-year-old girl, according to reports.Monkeys are not the only wild animals that have forced people in Japan to be more wary.
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