Automobiles in Germany's City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then located multiple other marked automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to solve the incident" and have requested to the public for details.
An important political figure said the incident left him speechless and needed to be solved promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
