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Zoo owner’s wife ‘jumped into crocodile enclosure’ to save boy, 3, after being ‘thrown in by stranger’
Police were still at the scene hours later (PA)
- A zoo owner’s wife jumped into a crocodile enclosure to try to save a seriously injured three-year-old boy who was allegedly thrown in by a stranger.
- A 30-year-old man from Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, police said.
- A villager who did not want to be named told the Press Association that the zoo owner’s wife, Tracey Johnson, jumped in to try to save the child.
- The boy was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge with serious injuries and is critical but stable, the force added.
- In a statement on social media, Johnson’s said that “out of respect to the family” Tropical House will remain closed until further notice.
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