Officials: Python suffocated security guard at Bali hotel JAKARTA, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A security guard at a luxury resort in Bali, Indonesia, has been killed by a python, say a doctor and hotel officials. A doctor said the body of man brought to a Bali hospital Friday appeared to have been suffocated by a large snake, CNN reported. A spokesman for the Bali Hyatt, Jamie Zimmerman Rothfeld, said the attack took place "on the roadway outside the hotel's property" and was witnessed by another security guard. Rothfeld said the hotel was closed until 2015 for renovation.