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Indonesian woman swallowed by 8-metre python
Published:  Jun 17, 2018 12:01 PM
Updated: 4:26 AM

In the second case of its kind to emerge from neighbouring Indonesia in a little over a year, a woman was reportedly swallowed whole by an eight-metre python in southeast Sulawesi.

According to The Jakarta Post, the victim, 54-year-old Wa Tiba, had gone missing after going to her plantation in the Muna Regency to check on her corn on the last day of Ramadhan.

An initial search for her by her sibling the next morning only revealed Wa Tiba's footprints, a torch, slippers and a machete, the Post reported.

Her body was later discovered inside the eight-metre python, which had been killed by local residents after they found it lying nearby with a swollen belly.

The Guardian quoted local police chief Hamka, who goes by one name, as saying: "Residents were suspicious the snake swallowed the victim, so they killed it, then carried it out of the garden.

“The snake’s belly was cut open and the body of the victim was found inside."

It was further reported that Wa Tiba was swallowed head first and her body found intact.

Last year, another farmer was also reportedly found inside a giant python, a seven-metre specimen, also on the island of Sulawesi.

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