Automobiles in Germany's City Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Officers report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests show the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are not yet cognizant of any injuries in association with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the public for tips.
A senior official said the incident made him without words and required to be addressed promptly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
