Hungry python's crying circus: Romanian girl, 12, in front row seat left in tears after serpent bites her during live show
- Loredana Diaconescu, 12, was sat in front row for circus during attack
- She had to be taken to hospital by grandmother, who feared poisoning
- The circus blamed Loredana for 'not taking care' when serpent was unveiled
- However, video shows her squirming away from animal
This 12-year-old girl's trip to the circus ended up in the local hospital after she was bitten by a snake.
Loredana Diaconescu had been delighted when she and her mother and sister Lena had managed to get seats in the first row for a performance at the Bellucci circus in Satu Mare, a city in north-western Romania.
But her excitement turned to fear that she was about to die after one of the circus performers took a huge snake down into the audience - which bit her on the arm.
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Serpent strike: The moment Loredana Diaconescu, 12, was bitten by a snake during a circus show in the Romanian city of Satu Mare.
She was rushed to hospital by her grandmother after the attack
When the circus was contacted by local media about the incident, management claimed it was the girl's own fault because she had got too near to the snake despite being warned to take care.
But video footage shows that far from approaching the snake, she had actually tried to squirm back into her seat to get away from it a second before it lashed out and fastened its teeth onto her arm.
Instead of taking time to see if she was okay, the snake charmer ignored the injury and carried on moving along the front row of the audience showing the snake to other young children and risking more children being bitten.
Before the attack, performers showed the audience the snakes, which were taken out of a wooden box on stage. They even dangled the reptiles over their heads from the stage
After the girl was bitten the circus performer whisks the snake away, showing the snake to other children
Management claimed it was the girl's fault because she had got too near despite being warned to take care
Terrified: The girl bursts into tears as her grandmother comforts her following her ordeal
The young girl meanwhile was rushed out by her grandmother Adela, 63, and taken to the local hospital because they feared she might have been poisoned.
Hospital staff that contacted the circus were told it was just a python and therefore non-venomous.
She was given a tetanus injection and the wound was disinfected and bandaged, according to Constantin Damian, spokesperson of Satu Mare Emergency Hospital.
The grandparents, who are furious that the circus blamed their granddaughter, have filed a complaint to police, who are investigating.
Hospital staff that contacted the circus were told it was just a python and therefore non-venomous. File picture
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk
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