A three-year-old was allegedly thrown into the crocodile enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire on Thursday

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

The boy sustained critical injuries at Johnsons of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, following the incident Thursday lunchtime.