[Python] Using `python-docx`, extract all tables from a specific section of a Word Document

I have the following Word File (test_doc.docx) containing multiple sections and tables. I am only interested in capturing tables from Section 2 — Here's a markdown representation of it:

Section 1

Column A Column B
Cell 1 Cell 2
Cell 3 Cell 4
Section 2

A B C D E
Not Lorem ipsum Not Lorem ipsum Not Lorem Ipsum Not empty Not Lorem Ipsum
A B C D E
Some text Some text Some text Some text Some text
Section 3


Another table, but not interested by this one.

A Column B
Cell 1 Cell 2
Cell 3 Cell 4

Using python-docx, we can easily iter through all tables and store them in a list.

However, I can't seem to find any way to specify that I only want a subset of tables from a specific section. (such as Section 2)

from docx import Document

crash_test_doc = Document("test_doc.docx")

tables = list()

for table in crash_test_doc.tables:
tables.append(table)

len(tables) # = 4 -> matches all the tables from the document

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