US police seek monkey after attack on maintenance worker

North Carolina police seek monkey in connection with hospital attack. Image by Scott Davidson / CC BY 2.0

Police in North Carolina are looking for a monkey which attacked a maintenance worker in a hospital car park.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said animal control officers were called to Carolinas Medical Center -University about the report of a monkey on the loose.

A statement from the hospital said the monkey was contained in a bin by the maintenance worker until the officers could arrive. The monkey apparently attacked the worker, and escaped into a nearby wooded area.

Authorities said the monkey’s owner came to the hospital to help search for the animal.

Police said the owner was cited last March for refusing to turn the monkey over to officers after being issued a city ordinance violation for having an exotic animal inside city limits.

(Press Association)