Automobiles in Germany's City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then located numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the case" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior political figure commented the attack made him speechless and needed to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he stated on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter aiming at residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
