This handout photo released and taken by the Police in Berlin on March 13, 2026 shows a wild boar strolling around in a supermarket in the city's southwestern district of Koepenick

This handout photo released and taken by the Police in Berlin on March 13, 2026 shows a wild boar strolling around in a supermarket in the city's southwestern district of Koepenick

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A wild boar wandered into a Berlin shopping mall's home decor shop on Friday, sparking a police response that drew in officers and veterinarians equipped with an anaesthetic gun, wooden shields and even a blowgun but ended peacefully.

Police said they were alerted to the porcine intruder around 9 am (0800 GMT) when it slipped through sliding glass doors into the mall and started rummaging through the aisles, as staff quickly vacated the shop.

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