The police launched an operation south of Berlin to capture a wild beast that, according to the first indications, could be a lioness, according to the authorities, who invited the inhabitants of the area to remain in their homes. “The wild animal could be a lioness,” reported a message from the Berlin police posted on Twitter.
The wild animal that still escaped has not been found yet. “We ask you not to leave your homes,” the Brandenburg police tweeted at 07:30 local time. land surrounding Berlin.
Witnesses alerted to the presence of the wild animal, according to the same source. “Around midnight, we received a message that is hard to imagine. Two passers-by saw an animal chasing another,” a Brandenburg police spokesman, Daniel Keip, said on RBB radio. “One was a wild boar and the other was visibly a beast, a lioness”he explained.
The two men also recorded a video with their mobile phones and experienced policemen confirmed that it was probably a lioness.”
The search area, in which helicopters are used, is located around the municipalities of Kleinmachnow, Teltow and Stahnsdorf, southwest of the capitalaccording to the German media.