Posted on 06/18/2026 1:05:27 PM PDT by packagingguy
LONDON (AP) — Police in eastern England on Thursday arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after a 3-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure at a zoo near the English university city of Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire Police said officers were called early afternoon to Johnsons Zoo in Old Hurst following “reports of an incident involving a 3-year-old boy, during which he ended up in the crocodile enclosure.”
The boy was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge about 25 miles (40 kilometers) away. Police said he was in critical but stable condition, and that a man from the nearby county of Norfolk was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
“We do not believe the man arrested and the child are known to each other,” said Detective Inspector Verity McCann.
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Coulter’s law
I’d say no need to look.
The local MP has urged citizens not to speculate upon the nature of the crime or criminal. (I am not making that up.)
I don’t click on Ape Pee links but something tells me even if I did I wouldn’t learn much more than I did reading the excerpt.
7 yrs ago, something similar happened at a shopping mall.
Emanuel Aranda, 24, threw a 5 yr old boy off the third floor balcony of Mall of America in Minnesota April 12, 2019.
Aranda, who stated he had arrived at the mall planning to kill someone, was sentenced to 19 yers in prison after pleading guilty to attempted 1st degree murder.
The child survived, but suffered severe injuries, including head trauma, ruptured spleen, and multiple broken bones. He underwent 15 medical procedures and has since made a remarkable recovery.
https://www.thesun.ie/news/17136014/brave-wife-jumped-crocodile-pit-save-boy/
Per the above, the perp was on sort of accompanied outing to the zoo, and the perp got away from his carer. Allegedly the perp has “learning difficulties”.
Boy, does that sound familiar.
To them, if it was a Sick (you know, them) it’ll come to a pass just like that guy who knifed that kid and called it racism.
Several European countries do not name suspects.
Arrested suspects should retain anonymity, police told
Get a load of the backstory.
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Think his name might be Micheal?
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