The unmistakeable buzz of a chainsaw slicing its way through his front door marked a nightmarish start to the new week for a man in Ås, southeast Norway, early on Monday.
Police in nearby Ski said the resident had leapt terrified from his second-storey window in a bid to hide in the forest and call emergency services. The 30-year-old attacker left the house and was quickly arrested, broadcaster NRK reports.
The police report said that after the attacker had cut his way into the house, he realized he had devastated the wrong home and calmly walked outside to await arrest. He said he had merely intended to scare someone with whom he had “unfinished business”.
Zoo workers in Duisburg shot an orang-utan late on Monday evening after two of the apes escaped from their cage in the westerly city.
“Since the animal was already climbing over the outer fence [of the zoo] it was no longer possible to tranquillize it,” a statement from city authorities read.
“Unfortunately, a person authoried to use firearms was forced to use his weapon.”
Dozens of police and firefighters had rushed to the zoo after news of the animals' escape before the all-clear was sounded at 9 pm.
Dangerous apes
Orang-utans can weigh up to 100 kilgrammes, and are considered dangerous enough that police officers were armed with submachine guns as they searched.
“At the end of the day, the protection of human life had to come first,” city spokeswoman Anja Kopka told Ruhr Nachrichten.
She added that zoo workers had been deeply affected by the orang-utan's death.
The other orang-utan who escaped was tranquillized and brought back to its cage inside the zoo. It was not immediately clear how the escape happened.
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