Google – AFP, 27 December 2013
Police have
warned tourists in Bali to be alert after the security guard died
(AFP/File,
Mohd Rasfan)
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Denpasar —
Police on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali warned tourists to be on guard
Friday after a huge python killed a security guard at a luxury beachfront
hotel.
The
four-metre (13-foot) snake is still on the loose after the attack early
Thursday at the Bali Hyatt, which is in the popular Sanur area but currently
closed for renovation.
The
security guard, Ambar Arianto Mulyo, spotted the serpent and succeeded in
catching it, a police official said.
Mulyo, 59,
gripped its head with his right hand and its tail with his left -- but the
snake proved too strong, managing to wrap itself around his neck and strangle
him.
He was
accompanied by friends but they were too terrified to step in and help, Gusti
Ngurah Yudistira, the head of the police criminal investigations unit covering
the Sanur area, told AFP.
"The
victim died on the spot as his neck was crushed and he could not breath,"
he said.
The snake
is still on the loose after a police search of the hotel and its extensive
grounds failed to track down the animal, he warned.
"We
urge residents and tourists to stay on the alert," Yudistira said, adding
the snake may have slithered into a nearby area of thick foliage opposite the
hotel.
The deadly
attack came at a busy time on Bali, as foreign tourists pack out the island's
palm-fringed beaches for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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