Python kills circus employee
24/01/2007 13:05  - (SA)  

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Moscow - A python escaped from its cage at a travelling circus and strangled an employee, said police in the southern Russian city of Stavropol.

The body of a woman who cares for animals at the small circus was found near the glass enclosure with signs of asphyxiation and remnants of snakeskin on her neck, the regional branch of the interior ministry said.

The 5.5-metre snake, weighing 100kg, was found nearby and returned to its cage.

Authorities were conducting an post-mortem on the body of the 62-year-old woman, the interior ministry branch said.

- AP

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