Turkish municipality building 'taken hostage by sheep, goat, lambs'

The municipality of the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir was "taken hostage by a goat, a sheep and three lambs," according to their official Twitter account. The municipality shared a video of the employees struggling with their captors.

Tuesday December 15 2020 11:51 am

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The municipal building of the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir was "taken hostage" by one goat, one sheep and three lambs, the official municipality Twitter account said on Dec. 14.

1 koyun,1 keçi, 3 kuzu tarafından esir alınmış bulunmaktayız.... pic.twitter.com/hZWmMMj9U8
— Nevşehir Belediyesi (@nevsehir_bel) December 14, 2020

The municipality then shared a video showing employees running from, chasing after, and fighting with the farm animals who seemed to have escaped their home.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) reported that some 179,081 farm animals lived in Nevşehir at the end of 2019.