Filipino man bites python to death after it attacked him

The man said that the snake had bitten his arm and hand. - PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PIXABAY

MANILA: A man in the Philippines fought off a python that had attacked him by biting into the serpent and killing it.

Mr Boljulio Aleria, 48, was riding his motorcycle through Antequera in Bohol province, an island east of Cebu, when a 3m-long snake emerged from the grass in the early hours of the morning on Dec 20, reported the Philippine Daily Inquirer.