Young man found dead in the house where vipers were growing. The victim’s grandmother: He was bitten n times. He tried to save himself, that’s why he put the tourniquet on

The passion for poisonous snakes brought the end of a young man from Drobeta-Turnu Severin. The 36-year-old man was found dead in his apartment, where he was raising seven vipers. Several wounds were discovered on his body.

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The man risked his life every day. He illegally kept seven reptiles, including two vipers and a python, in several aquariums.

Gheorghe Cicoan – prosecutor of the prosecutor’s office attached to the Mehedinți Court: On the body of the victim, self-inflicted injuries produced with a cutting body and a needle puncture, as well as small crusted points, punctures that can be both dermatological in origin, from insect bites or from reptile bites, were discovered.

The victim lived with his grandmother, who claims that in the past the man would have been bitten several times by the snakes he was raising. The same would have happened now.

Sanda Pescalu – grandmother of the victim: He was bitten n times, about 5 times I know. He tried to save himself, that’s why he put the tourniquet on.

Mixed teams of police, biologists and Environmental Guard specialists went to the young man’s home to pick up the reptiles. They will end up in the care of an NGO.

Oana Vasiliu, veterinarian: The animals in question are animals of protected species. They were captured from the wild and we are here to be able to retrieve them, evaluate them, hold them for a period of quarantine and then we want to release them into the area of ​​origin.

The lifeless body of the man was transported to the Forensic Medicine Service for the necropsy, and the exact cause of death will be established. In this case, a criminal case was opened for manslaughter.

Publisher: AP

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