A two-year-old boy was allegedly killed with an axe after his father hurled the weapon at monkeys to chase them away - but hit him instead.
The little boy had been playing outside his home in Uttar Pradesh, India, when Lakhan Singh thought a group of monkeys that had entered his garden might attack his son, he claimed.
Panicked, Lakhan said he ran to the roof to throw an axe at them and scare them away.
His throw missed the animals and instead slashed young Aarav's neck, local media has reported.
The boy was rushed to hospital in Moradabad but doctors said there was nothing they could do to help as the boy had died.
