Speaking to Dantri/Dtinews on September 28, a representative from Phu Duc Commune People's Committee said that at least seven people in the area had been attacked and injured by the monkey.
"At 7 am on September 28, we were informed that the monkey appeared again near a rice store of a local resident and attacked some people," the representative said. "We sent a team to the area and saw it some 200 metres from the store before it fled."
According to local residents, the gray monkey weighing some 10 kilos has been seen in the area several times. It is very aggressive and attacks anybody near.
Head of Phu Duc Commune Police Department, Nguyen Minh Hai, said that at least seven people in the commune have been attacked by the wild monkey, suffering slight injuries.
"We'll co-operate with local residents to catch the monkey," he said.