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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Russell and Jordan Reynolds

Zoo owner’s wife ‘jumped into crocodile enclosure’ to save boy, 3, after being ‘thrown in by stranger’

  • 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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