Cars in Germany's City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the liquid was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior official stated the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.
