Indonesian woman swallowed by giant python


Residents of a village in Indonesia were suspicious that a python had eaten their neighbour so they cut it open and found the woman's body inside, according to the local police chief

Makassar (Indonesia) (AFP) - An Indonesian woman has been found in the belly of a giant python after the swollen snake was captured near where she vanished while tending her vegetable garden, police said Saturday.

The body of 54-year-old Wa Tiba was found Friday when villagers cut open the seven-metre (23-foot) python which was found bloated in the village of Persiapan Lawela on the island of Muna, offshore of Sulawesi.

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