Police arrest a man for attempted murder after toddler ends up in crocodile enclosure at English zoo
Detectives are speaking to witnesses as the boy remains in critical but stable condition and police say the suspect and child are not known to each other.
- A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Thursday after a three-year-old boy ended up inside a crocodile enclosure at an English zoo.
- The toddler was rescued from the reptile pen with serious injuries following the early afternoon incident at Johnson’s of Old Hurst zoo in Huntingdonshire, near Cambridge.
- The child remains in critical but stable condition at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where specially trained officers are currently providing support to his family.
- The suspect and the young boy are believed to be complete strangers, according to a statement released by Detective Inspector Verity McCann, who described the event as highly distressing.
- Detectives have launched an urgent witness appeal to piece together the exact circumstances, interviewing visitors who were present at the family-owned wildlife park when the incident occurred at 1:24 p.m.
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Stock photo of a crocodile. (Diego Kondratzky/500px/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 3-year-old boy wound up in a crocodile enclosure at a zoo in eastern England, suffering serious injuries, according to police. The “distressing incident” occurred Thursday afternoon at Johnsons of Old Hurst, a family-run farm and zoo located in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, police said. The b…
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