A three-year-old boy was left fighting for his life after a stranger allegedly hurled him into a crocodile enclosure at a family-run zoo in Cambridgeshire, triggering a major attempted murder investigation and leaving visitors at the scene in shock. Police say the child, who was mauled before being dragged from the water, is in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
Officers were called to Johnson's of Old Hurst at 13:24 after reports of an incident involving a three-year-old boy, during which he ended up in the crocodile enclosure. It is understood the boy was mauled by the crocodile before being rescued from the enclosure. He was rushed to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge with serious injuries and was said to be in a critical but stable condition.
