Authorities probing video of men abusing python and hacking its head with cleaver

The video showed a group using crates to allegedly hit a reticulated python at Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village. - SCREENGRAB FROM ACRES: ANIMAL CONCERNS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SOCIETY (SINGAPORE)/FACEBOOK

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) is appealing for information after a video showing a group of men allegedly beating and subsequently killing a snake in Boon Lay was shared on social media.

In a Facebook post on Wednesday (April 19), Acres said it received the video from a member of the public the night before. It showed a group using crates to allegedly hit a reticulated python at Boon Lay Place Market and Food Village.