A 30-year-old man was charged with attempted murder and released on bail after allegedly hurling a three-year-old boy into a crocodile pit at a small English zoo, where the owner's wife jumped in to rescue the child before the animals could reach him. The attack happened at Johnsons Zoological Gardens in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, a rural […] The post Man with learning disabilities charged with attempted murder after throwing toddler into crocodile enclosure at English zoo appeared first on American Almanac .
A 30-year-old man was charged with attempted murder and released on bail after allegedly hurling a three-year-old boy into a crocodile pit at a small English zoo, where the owner's wife jumped in to rescue the child before the animals could reach him. The attack happened at Johnsons Zoological Gardens in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, a rural area near Cambridge, England. The suspect, a 30-year-old man from Norfolk with learning disabilities, was on a supervised day trip with a caretaker when he allegedly grabbed the boy, a complete stranger, and threw him into the crocodile enclosure. The caretaker had momentarily looked away when the incident occurred, the New York Post reported . The toddler suffered a broken arm and pelvis in the fall.…Open
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A young boy remains in critical condition after being thrown into a crocodile enclosure at a British zoo, while the suspect has been released due to being “unfit for interview.” PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A three-year-old boy remains critically injured after being thrown into a crocodile enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst zoo near Huntingdon, England . Police have refused to identify the suspect or describe him, beyond saying he is 30 and “from Norfolk,” but have confirmed he has now been released on bail after being deemed “unfit for interview.” The man and child are not believed to be known to each other. DETAIL: Police are tightly controlling information about the attack, which has been declared a “critical incident…Open
Police said the 3-year-old victim is in critical but stable condition, and that the 30-year-old suspect and a 30-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
