Cars in German Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Local Police
Around 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
City officials stated they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A senior representative commented the attack rendered him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter targeting residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
