3-year-old critically injured by crocodile after ending up in its enclosure in British zoo

LONDON — A toddler in the United Kingdom remains in a critical condition after an incident that saw him injured by a crocodile at a zoo, police said.

LONDON — A toddler was in critical condition Friday after being injured by a crocodile inside an enclosure at a zoo, British police said.

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The 3-year-old boy, who has not been named, was pulled out of the crocodile enclosure Thursday at Johnsons of Old Hurst Zoo in Cambridgeshire, in southern England, by staff members and rushed to a local hospital.

Police did not say how the child ended up in the reptile’s enclosure, but said a 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.