AKITA - A woman in her 60s suffered an ear injury requiring about 10 stitches after a deformed bullet smashed through the rear window of her light truck while she was driving in Happo, Akita Prefecture, shortly after a monkey crossed the road. "As I passed the area where the monkey had been, there was suddenly a loud bang," the woman said. The rear window shattered, scattering glass throughout the vehicle, while two cracks appeared in the front windshield. The bullet grazed the woman's left ear, leaving an injury that required about 10 stitches. The town has suspended the monkey-control operation for the time being, while police are carefully investigating whether it was connected to the woman's injury.