Mum heard 'chilling scream' as boy, 3, 'ended up' in crocodile enclosure at Cambs zoo
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Mum heard 'chilling scream' as boy, 3, 'ended up' in crocodile enclosure at Cambs zoo
• A mum was sitting on a bench with her two-year-old daughter outside the crocodiles enclosure at a Cambridgeshire zoo when she heard a loud scream from the crocodile enclosure where a boy, 3, was seriously injured and later airlifted to hospital.
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Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Safetytoday 'No safety concerns indicated' at zoo after boy thrown into crocodile enclosure• A local council has confirmed "no safety concerns were indicated" at a zoo where a toddler sustained serious injuries. |
 | Cambridge Independent — News · Healthtoday Arrested man released on bail after boy, three, injured in crocodile enclosure at zoo• The boy, from Cambridgeshire, remains at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in a critical but stable condition. |
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BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Council and recordstoday Woman who saved boy from crocodile praised• The boy is attacked by at least one crocodile and is saved from the enclosure by a zoo staff member. |
BBC News — Cambridgeshire · Council and recordstoday Child attacked by crocodile critical two days on: Here's what we know so far• A 30-year-old man is bailed after a child ended up in a crocodile enclosure at a farm zoo. |
Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Council and recordstoday Everything we know after boy, 3, thrown into crocodile pit as suspect bailed• A boy remains in a critical but stable condition after he was allegedly thrown into a crocodile enclosure by a stranger at a popular Cambridgeshire zoo. |
Cambs Times (Newsquest) — News · Council and recordstoday Attempted murder suspect bailed after boy thrown into crocodile enclosure• A man who was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a boy was thrown into a crocodile enclosure in Cambridgeshire has been bailed. |
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