A troop of monkeys are believed to be behind the deaths. Photo / 123RF
A woman and her four children died when a troop of monkeys toppled a wall at their home in northern India in what police have described as a "tragic incident".
The Times of India reported the family were sleeping outside because their indoor fan was broken as temperatures soared in
the town of Wazib Khel in Uttar Pradesh.
Police revealed that a guava tree in their courtyard often attracted troops of monkeys and the primates would jump from a dilapidated wall on to the tree.
As the family lay underneath, the wall collapsed and sent bricks tumbling down on the sleeping mother and her children.
The Times of India identified the mother as 45-year old Shabnam and gave the children's ages as 20, 9, 7, and 3. An 11-year-old suffered head injuries and a 5-year old survived unscathed.
