Elderly shepherdess shot dead after being mistaken for monkey

A Saudi Arabian man accidentally killed an elderly shepherdess after mistaking her for a monkey.

The 19-year-old man was on a hunting trip in a small village near the western Saudi town of Taif when he saw the woman breaking tree branches.

“He aimed his gun and shot. The bullet hit the woman in the chest. When the man came near her, he was shocked to find she is a woman,” a spokesman said.

“He rushed her to hospital but she died later. Police arrested the man, who told them he killed her by mistake, thinking she was a monkey damaging the tree.”