CAMPBELLTON, N.B. – RCMP say two young boys are dead after they were strangled by a python that escaped its enclosure at a pet store in Campellton.
Const. Jullie Rogers-Marsh says the boys, aged five and seven, were sleeping in an apartment above Reptile Ocean Inc. when the incident occurred.
She says police arrived at the apartment around 6:30 a.m., at which point officers found the two dead boys.
Rogers-Marsh says it’s believed the snake made its way into the apartment through the ventilation system sometime through the overnight hours.
She says the snake was captured and is in the possession of police.
Rogers-Marsh says autopsies will be performed on the two victims on Tuesday.
In this Monday Aug. 5, 2013 photo, Royal Canadian Mounted Police work at the scene of a fatal python attack at Reptile Ocean exotic pet store in Campbellton, New Brunswick. Two young boys were killed by a python snake as they slept in an apartment above the store. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press)
