Security cameras captured grisly footage of the Australia zoo massacre, by recording video of a 7-year-old boy breaking into the Alice Springs Reptile Centre on October 1, 2008. The boy then systematically killed 13 reptiles, by smashing rocks on their heads or feeding them to Terry, the zoo's 11-foot long saltwater crocodile.Times Online: Boy, 7, goes on killing spree in zoo (October 3, 2008) *Herald Sun: Civil action likely against parents (October 3, 2008)
Although unnamed, the boy is from the local area, and the brother of a boy who attacked the crocodile about five years ago.Times Online: Boy, 7, goes on killing spree in zoo (October 3, 2008)
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Zookeepers at first thought the goanna had escaped and been captured by the crocodileTimes Online: Boy, 7, goes on killing spree in zoo (October 3, 2008)
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Animals killed included a large turtle, bearded dragons, goannas and lizards including a rare Thorny DevilTimes Online: Boy, 7, goes on killing spree in zoo (October 3, 2008)
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Earlier this week Arthur Booker disappeared while camping in Queensland and is thought to have been taken by a salt-water crocodileTimes Online: Boy, 7, goes on killing spree in zoo (October 3, 2008)
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