Vehicles in Germany's City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Police report initial examinations show the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to where it came from; officials are not yet aware of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives said they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the residents for details.
A senior official said the vandalism left him stunned and had to be solved promptly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on people of foreign heritage in 2020.
