Overview
- Police detained a suspect after camera images linked a young man to repeated attacks on livestock in Pennes-Mirabeau.
- The 19-year-old was placed in custody and is expected to face charges of cruelty to domestic or captive animals, with local media reporting he is Afghan.
- Owners said goats and sheep were found with tied legs and bloodied genitals in February and March, which ruled out injuries from other animals.
- Trail cameras on the farms captured images that guided a brigade anticriminalité patrol, a plainclothes police unit, to the suspect.
- Breeders say the case has shaken small holdings near Marseille and pushed more farms to use private cameras to protect their herds.