Police said they believed the reptile had strangled two boys, aged five and seven. Escaped snake strangles two Canadian children. Canada pet shop owner had no permit for python that killed two children, official says Updated August 08, 2013 13:27:15 Photo: Brothers Connor and Noah Barthe were found dead earlier this week. ... who lives above the Reptile Ocean pet store that he owns in the New Brunswick, ... the children of Mr Savoie's best friend. Two children have been killed by a python snake as it escaped the reptile pet store (above) in Campelton, New Brunswick, Canada, where it was being held reports CBC.. Updated 4:30 P.M. EST . The two victims were Noah Barthe, 5, and Connor Barthe, 7. Royal Canadian Mounted Police work at the scene of a fatal python attack at Reptile Ocean exotic pet store in Campbellton, New Brunswick. This is the first time that a python has killed a person in the past 100 years. It is believed that the python escaped the confinement and slithered into the building's ventilation system through an uncovered hole where a ventilation fan had been removed for maintenance. CAMPBELLTON, N.B. A python has killed two young boys who were sleeping in an apartment above a Canadian pet shop, police said. Burmese python brought to a pet store by a customer. Cst. On Monday morning, the Royal Canadian Mounted police said they were called to the address and arrived at the building at around 6:30am. Snake escaped from pet shop 'strangles' two young boys to death in Canada . The boys were staying overnight at a friend's apartment above the pet shop. The boys were killed after the python escaped from an exotic pet shop. A python has killed two young boys who were sleeping in an apartment above a Canadian pet shop, police said. Snake escapes pet shop, kills two boys. Police reveal snake that strangled two Canadian brothers was kept in apartment, not pet store below Associated Press in Toronto Tue 6 Aug 2013 23.13 EDT … On the third floor of the house, a special confinement was made where a python was kept. A Canadian pet shop owner has been cleared of criminal negligence after his African rock python escaped its enclosure and killed two boys as they slept. The snake bit him on the chest and shoulder, inflicting about 40 puncture wounds, and coiled around his shoulders. In Canada, a snake escaped from a pet shop and killed two children in the province of New Brunswick, police confirmed. The report doesn’t go into much detail, but police believe the boa constrictor possibly traveled through ventilation ducts and into the apartment where the 5- … ... were sleeping over with the son of the shop's owner in a flat above the Campbellton shop on Monday. - Two young boys were killed by a python snake as they slept in an apartment above an exotic pet store in northern New Brunswick, the … Two brothers were killed Monday morning by a python as they slept at a friend’s home after it escaped from a pet store one flight below in New Brunswick, Canada. A five-year-old and seven-year-old were reportedly strangled by the snake after it escaped from the pet store Reptile Ocean and entered their flat above the store in Campbellton, New Brunswick. Jullie Rogers-Marsh with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police: On August 5, 2013, shortly after 6:30 a.m., police officers with the Campbellton RCMP responded to an apartment on Pleasant Street i… Two children were killed in their sleep by a python that escaped from a pet shop, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Monday. Escaped pet shop snake kills two children in Canada. Some snake experts don’t believe that Tiny killed its owner because the snake didn’t have any scratch marks from attempts to pull it away. According to media reports, Savoie occupied an apartment right above his pet shop, Reptile Ocean. A large snake that escaped from a pet store killed two young boys in Canada on Monday. Mother's heartbreak after her two sons, 4 and 6, are strangled in their sleep by 16-ft python during sleepover above pet shop. Snake Kills 2 Boys, Autopsy Reveals Asphyxiation Caused Deaths in Pet Store Tragedy ... who were staying overnight at a friend's apartment above the pet shop. A python, which reportedly strangled two boys in Canada as they slept in an apartment, fell through the ceiling after accessing a ventilation system, authorities have said. A snake escaped from a pet shop and killed two children in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, police say. ... were sleeping over with the son of the shop's owner in a flat above the Campbellton shop on Monday. It then killed two boys, aged five and seven years old, in Campbellton. boys after escaping ... Police say 2 children are dead after a python escapes an exotic N.B. The snake is believed to have escaped from its enclosure and traveled up ventilation ducts to the apartments located above the shop. Escaped pet shop snake kills two children in Canada. They confirmed that t Boys, aged five and seven, killed by reptile while asleep at friend’s flat above pet shop in New Brunswick, police say. Python escapes from Canadian pet store and kills two young brothers as they sleep. ... released the following statement on their Facebook page: "Deepest sympathies goes out to the family of the children. A python has killed two young boys after escaping from a pet store in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, according to police. Other experts refuse to defend the snake, saying that people shouldn’t keep African rock pythons as pets in the first place. Snake kills 2 N.B. The snake reportedly escaped from a pet store, named “Reptile Ocean”, and made it’s way into the apartment above the store. A large snake has escaped from a pet shop in Canada, travelled through a ventilation system, and killed two children who were sleeping at a friend’s apartment above the pet shop.. In a statement, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they believed the reptile had strangled two boys, aged five and seven, in Campbellton. 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