UK Man Released on Bail After Boy, 3, 'Ended Up' in Crocodile Enclosure
Police say the boy remains in critical but stable condition as detectives investigate the circumstances and the man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder is on bail.
- 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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Toddler injured in crocodile enclosure at U.K. zoo; man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder
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Man Who Tossed 3-Year-Old Into Crocodile Pit Released On Bail, Deemed 'Unfit'
A U.K. man who critically injured a three-year-old boy by tossing him into a crocodile pit has been released on bail after authorities deemed him unfit for a police interview. Cambridgeshire Police on Friday released the suspect, identified by authorities only as a 30-year-old man, on bail in connection with an incident at Johnsons of Old Hurst, a family-run farm and zoo near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, England. The man had been arrested the p…
A 3-year-old boy has been seriously injured after being thrown into the crocodile pit of the Johnsons of Old Hurst Zoo in Huntingdonshire, UK, in an event that has shocked visitors who witnessed the scene.
A 30-year-old man was arrested and then released because he was "judged unfit to be interrogated".
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