A 30-year-old man from Norfolk has been freed on bail after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, following an incident in which a three-year-old boy allegedly ended up inside a crocodile enclosure at a family-run zoo in Cambridgeshire. Police confirmed the man was released without an interview after being assessed as unfit to speak with investigators, leaving the boy's family with little clarity as the toddler continues to fight for his life in the hospital.
The child, who has no connection to the suspect, was pulled from the enclosure by zoo staff at Johnsons of Old Hurst near Huntingdon after sustaining serious injuries inside the pit. Emergency vehicles attending included an ambulance, a rapid response vehicle, an ambulance officer vehicle and an air ambulance, according to the East of England Ambulance Service. Despite the scale of the response, the boy was ultimately transported by road to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, where he remains in a critical but stable condition as of Friday.
