Overview

• Neighbors alerted police to a transporter unloading sheep near a Köpenick apartment early Thursday morning.
• Officers found two stolen sheep slaughtered inside the flat and signs of prior mistreatment.
• A third sheep was discovered alive in the bathroom and later reclaimed by its owner from police custody.
• Investigators traced the animals back to their theft from Landschaftspark Herzberge in Berlin-Lichtenberg.
• Police have named a 41-year-old man as a suspect in the killings and alleged breaches of animal protection laws.