India, June 19 -- A 3-year-old boy was critically injured on Thursday at a zoo in England after he appeared to have been forced inside a crocodile enclosure by an apparent stranger, who was later arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, authorities said.

According to the New York Times, the Cambridgeshire Police said that the attack happened around 1:30pm local time at Johnsons of Old Hurst in Huntingdon, which is a family-run zoo outside Cambridge. It was not immediately clear whether the boy was thrown into the enclosure or how many crocodiles were involved.

As per CNN, that Cambridgeshire police said: "Officers were called to the zoo at 1.24pm to reports of an incident involving a three-year-old boy, during which he ended up in the...