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* A scholarly article published in 1980 said no prior well-substantiated fatalities were reported of humans killed by Central African rock pythons, and the only prior such attack by any type of python or boa was by a reticulated python in 1927.<ref name=ark9/>
* In 1979 in [[Waterberg District Municipality|Waterberg District]], Limpopo Province (then Northern Transvaal), South Africa, a {{convert|4.5|m|feet}} Central African rock python killed a 13-year-old boy.<ref name=ark9/> The victim died due to suffocation and internal injuries; his body was released by the python after intervention by an adult man some 20 minutes after the attack began.<ref name=ark9/> The victim's head was covered in saliva, and scientists thought "it could have easily succeeded in swallowing" the {{convert|1.3|m|feet}}, {{Convert|45|kg}} boy had it not been interrupted.<ref name=ark9/>
* In 1999 in [[Centralia, Illinois]], a 3-year-old boy was suffocated during the night by an escaped {{convert|7.5|ft|adj=on|abbr=on|order=flip}} pet African rock python.<ref name=chitrib>{{cite news| work=Chicago Tribune | title=Centralia family's python suffocates 3-year-old boy | date=30 August 1999 | url=
* In 2013 in [[Campbellton, New Brunswick|Campbellton]], New Brunswick, Canada, two brothers aged four and six were reportedly killed by a {{convert|14|to|16|ft|adj=on|abbr=on|order=flip}}, {{convert|45|kg|adj=on|abbr=on}} Central African rock python kept by a pet shop owner.<ref name=cbc01>{{cite news| title=Reports into boys' python deaths still under wraps | work=CBC News | publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date=12 September 2013 | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/reports-into-boys-python-deaths-still-under-wraps-1.1706099| access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref><ref name=boesveld/> The circumstances of the incident prompted some skepticism from experts not involved in the case.<ref name=boesveld>{{cite news | title='Very, very strange': Snake handlers, experts baffled by New Brunswick python attack | date=6 August 2013 | last=Boesveld | first=Sarah | work=National Post | publisher=Postmedia Network Inc. | url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/06/very-very-strange-snake-handlers-experts-baffled-by-new-brunswick-python-attack/ }}</ref> An autopsy showed that the boys died of asphyxiation,<ref name=cbc01/> which does not fit with how constricting snakes kill.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gill|first=Victoria|title=Boa constrictors' lethal secret revealed|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33625080|work=BBC News|date=23 July 2015|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> The owner was charged with [[criminal negligence]] for not adequately protecting the boys from the snake.<ref name=thestarcharged>{{cite news | title=Man charged in python asphyxiation death of boys| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/03/31/man-charged-in-python-asphyxiation-death-of-boys.html | publisher=Toronto Star | date=March 31, 2015 | access-date=March 31, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/man-charged-over-brothers-killed-by-python-10365431 |title=Man Charged over Brothers Killed by Python |access-date=2018-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806062000/http://news.sky.com/story/man-charged-over-brothers-killed-by-python-10365431 |archive-date=2017-08-06 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> ''(See [[2013 New Brunswick python attack|main article]]).''
*In 2017, a {{convert|8|ft|m|adj=mid|-long|order=flip}} female Central African rock python, kept as a pet in Hampshire, England, was found to have killed its owner by asphyxiation, according to a [[Inquests in England and Wales|coroner's inquest]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Snake owner killed by his pet python|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42801983|website=BBC News|date=24 January 2018}}</ref>
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