Woman killed in python attack in Indonesia

JAKARTA: An elderly woman was found dead after being attacked by a python in central Indonesia, police and local officials said on Friday, the third such death in the province in as many months.

Maga, a 74-year-old woman who like many Indonesians had one name, raised concerns when she did not return home on Wednesday, prompting a search by relatives.

She was found dead presumably “because of being constricted and bitten by the snake”, said Supriadi, police spokesman in Palopo city in South Sulawesi province. He told AFP the snake in question was a four-metre (13-foot) python.