Vehicles in German Town Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Law enforcement state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then located numerous other vandalized cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any harm in relation with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A senior official stated the attack left him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
