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Three-year-old boy injured in crocodile enclosure returns home
A three-year-old boy seriously injured after allegedly being thrown into a crocodile enclosure at a Cambridgeshire zoo has been discharged from hospital. His family said he is now home, playing with his toys and continuing rehabilitation after seven operations.

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