Man shoots wife in "monkey accident"
 

A Malaysian man shot his wife dead after he mistook her for a monkey picking fruit in a tree behind their house, the New Straits Times has reported.

The man, 70, is being held by police for causing death through recklessness after he fired a shotgun at what he thought was a monkey in a mangosteen tree on Monday, the newspaper said on Wednesday.

His wife, 68, had used a ladder to climb into the tree and was picking the tropical fruit when she was shot.

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Sounds like something that would happen in a real redneck area in the state.
Guess there's rednecks everywhere, eh?

:eek7

This is sad.... I can't imagine being in that old dude's place...

That is very sad, but also kind of funny.

A monkey? That guy just couldn't take the torment of marriage anymore...

that's funny but really sad! can't iagine a husband killed her wife for a big mistake!

Accident...sure it was...

was he legally blind ? pretty sad