Monrovia, Feb. 12 -- Residents of Madina, Grand Cape Mount County, are living in fear after a chimpanzee severely injured several people, including a seven-year-old child.

The baboon has been terrorizing the community for the past four months, damaging crops and belongings. It is believed to have migrated from a nearby forest into the town.

On the morning of Tuesday, February 11, the baboon attacked a mother and her child, prompting locals to arm themselves with cutlasses, guns, and other weapons.

Town Chief explained that they were preparing to work in the graveyard when they heard the baboon had attacked one of the town's daughters and carried her child into the bush. The child was severely injured and taken to a local clinic in Si...