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UK Man Released on Bail After Boy, 3, 'Ended Up' in Crocodile Enclosure
Police say the 30-year-old suspect was released on bail as detectives continue to investigate how the boy entered the enclosure.
- 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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Shock in a British zoo: A man is said to have thrown a child into the crocodile enclosure. The three-year-old is severely injured. How close did the child get to the crocodiles?A man is said to have thrown a three-year-old in a zoo in the British county of Huntingdonshire into a crocodile enclosure.The little boy was seriously injured in the unexplained incident on Thursday, the news agency PA reported. Police officers arrested the 30-year-old b…
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New details have emerged about the British zoo tragedy.
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The boy suffered severe injuries at the scene and was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital.
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