Overview
- Police were alerted around 9 a.m. local time after a wild boar entered a home decor store in Köpenick through sliding glass doors.
- The mall was cordoned off and a Tierpark Berlin veterinary team joined officers at the scene with tranquilizer gear and protective shields.
- A Tierpark spokeswoman said the store’s layout made chemical sedation unworkable indoors.
- Officers and handlers built a route from wooden pallets and used riot shields to direct the animal toward an exit.
- Police reported the boar returned to nearby woodland and the shopping center reopened after the incident.