A six-year-old girl was attacked by a wild monkey at the Taman Rosma housing complex in Tarumajaya, Bekasi Regency. The child, identified in reports only as L, was struck without warning and left with wounds on her face. The animal came at her suddenly, and her face took the worst of it. Injuries like hers on a child that young are the kind that need prompt medical treatment. The presence of a wild monkey inside a dense housing estate raises obvious questions about where it came from. Encounters between residents and stray wild animals have become a recurring worry in fast-growing neighborhoods like this one. Parents in the complex are likely to keep a much closer eye on children playing outside. It remains to be seen whether local authorities move to capture the animal or address the conditions that let it wander in.