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Zoo worker jumped into crocodile enclosure to save injured boy, BBC told
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- Rachael Mc Menemy BBCThe zoo houses crocodiles at its site near Huntingdon.
- Andy Johnson, who runs Johnsons of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, told the BBC his wife, Tracey, entered the area to try and rescue the boy, who remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
- A 30-year-old man from Norfolk, who is not believed to be known to the boy, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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Rachael Mc Menemy BBCThe zoo houses crocodiles at its site near Huntingdon. The owner of a zoo where a three-year-old boy was critically injured in the crocodile enclosure said his wife jumped in to save the youngster.
Andy Johnson, who runs Johnsons of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, told the BBC his wife, Tracey, entered the area to try and rescue the boy, who remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
A 30-year-old man from Norfolk, who is not believed to be known to the boy, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
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