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title: "Indonesia captures monkey responsible for two-week rampage on Sumatra island"
description: "Most outlets reported the capture of a long-tailed macaque that attacked 18 people over two weeks in Tembilahan, Sumatra, noting the impact on residents and school closures. Dawn added context about the fear prompting school closures, while Dunya News focused on the injuries and location of the attacks. Both used similar phrasing but varied slightly in emphasis and additional details."
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# Indonesia captures monkey responsible for two-week rampage on Sumatra island

world · latest filing 7 Aug 2026, 12:01 PM PKT · 7 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported the capture of a long-tailed macaque that attacked 18 people over two weeks in Tembilahan, Sumatra, noting the impact on residents and school closures. Dawn added context about the fear prompting school closures, while Dunya News focused on the injuries and location of the attacks. Both used similar phrasing but varied slightly in emphasis and additional details.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Dunya News** — [Indonesia traps monkey following two-week rampage that wounded 18 people on Sumatra island](https://dunyanews.tv/en/WeirdNews/966728-indonesia-traps-monkey-following-twoweek-rampage-that-wounded-18-peop) · 7 Aug 2026, 12:01 PM PKT
  > The animal, an adult long-tailed macaque, wounded 18 residents of the town of Tembilahan, biting and clawing at its victims
- **Dawn** — [Indonesia traps monkey following two-week rampage that wounded 18 people on Sumatra island](https://www.dawn.com/news/2021218/indonesia-traps-monkey-following-two-week-rampage-that-wounded-18-people-on-sumatra-island) · 7 Aug 2026, 11:38 AM PKT · 94% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Animal trappers have cut short the two-week rampage of a monkey that randomly attacked 18 people on Sumatra island in Indonesia, prompting dozens of schools to close in fear. The animal, an adult long-tailed macaque, wounded 18 residents of the town of Tembilahan, biting and clawing at its victims — most of whom it targeted when they were alone. Those hurt included children and elderly people. ...

2 articles from 2 outlets, 7 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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