Vehicles in Germany's City Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police report initial examinations suggest the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in connection with the event," they commented.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
An important representative commented the attack left him without words and required to be solved promptly.
"This event strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at people of migrant background in 2020.