Found this article while browsing through the NYT archive. I hadn’t heard of this incident before. Article taken from the New York Times Sept. 18, 1977 issue.
KUWAIT, Sept. 17 (AP)—Seven monkeys escaped from their cage in the Kuwait zoo and killed two children in panicked crowd, ‘ the police reported today. A zookeeper was seriously bitten in the incident Friday before policemen shot and killed one of the monkeys and captured the others in a long chase, the police said.
One reply on “Old News: Monkeys Kill Two in Kuwait”
Tragic! A family outing gone pear shaped.
As a kid I remember going to Kuwait zoo to see the sparrows and the Indian crow. Once back in 1981 they had a massive exhibition of reptilia mostly, snakes. Have vivid memories of it.