A wild animal, believed to be a lioness, was on the loose in Berlin’s southern outskirts since Thursday, with residents urged to stay indoors as hunters joined police in a major search operation.
Police first issued the alarm in the early hours after two people saw what appeared to be a lioness chasing a wild boar down a street less than five kilometres (three miles) from the German capital.
The two passersby spotted the feline around midnight in the Kleinmachnow suburb, southwest of Berlin.
They shared mobile phone footage of the animal with police, who believe the images are genuine, Kleinmachnow mayor Michael Grubert told a press conference.
The animal was later also spotted by police officers themselves, said Kerstin Schroeder, police spokeswoman in the Brandenburg region around Berlin.
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