Pet python strangles two-year-old girl

A pet python has strangled a 2-year-old girl in the bedroom of her Florida home after it broke out of its enclosure.

Reports from the US say the snake's owner, boyfriend to the girl's mother, discovered the 2.5 metre snake was missing from its aquarium before finding it on the girl who had bite marks on her head.
He then stabbed the snake and removed the child from its grasp, AP said.
The snake was still alive when it was removed by the authorities.
The man did not have a permit for the snake and investigators are reported to be looking into whether any laws have been broken or any child neglect has occurred.
The Humane Society of the United States says up to 12 people have been killed in the US by pet pythons since 1980.