Automobiles in Germany's Town Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Police
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then located many other smeared cars and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior representative stated the attack made him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
