UNC Wrestling commit survived chimpanzee attack as child

Posted Apr 17, 2026
A New York high school wrestler who is committed to attend the University of North Carolina in the fall is recalling the day he survived a dangerous chimpanzee attack. Dunia Sibomana-Rodriguez, 18, grew up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was just 6 years old when the chimpanzee attack happened, killing his cousin and one of his brothers. (WRAL.com)

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