Woman dies, swallowed by python


A woman was found dead inside a snake’s belly after it swallowed her whole, police said, the second python killing in a month.

Siriati, 36, had gone missing after she left her house on Tuesday morning to buy medicine for her sick child, police said, prompting relatives to launch a search.

Her husband Adiansa, 30, found her slippers and pants on the ground about 500m from their house in Siteba village, South Sulawesi province.

“Shortly after that, he spotted a snake, about 10m from the path,” local police chief Idul said.

Village secretary Iyang said that Adiansa became suspicious after he noticed the python’s “very large” belly.

He called the villagers to help cut open its stomach, where they found Siriati’s body. — AFP

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