Vehicles in Germany's Town Found Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Police
Around 50 cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then found numerous other vandalized cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the event," they commented.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking official stated the attack rendered him speechless and required to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine victims by a shooter aiming at people of foreign heritage in 2020.
