A three-year-old boy is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after being thrown into a crocodile enclosure at a zoo in Cambridgeshire, with a 30-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Police were called to Johnsons of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, just before 1.30pm today. The child was rushed to hospital with serious injuries following the incident, which is understood to have occurred in front of other visitors at the zoo.
Cambridgeshire Police said the arrested man, from Norfolk, is not believed to be known to the child or his family. The force is now speaking to witnesses who were at the zoo at the time in order to piece together the full circumstances of the attack.
Detective Inspector Verity McCann said: “At this stage we are speaking to people who were at the zoo at the time of this distressing incident to understand more about the circumstances. We do not believe the man arrested and the child are known to each other. Officers are supporting the boy’s family at hospital, and our thoughts remain with them.”
