Vehicles in Germany's City Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say early analysis suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its source; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident left him speechless and required to be resolved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he wrote on social media, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
