Automobiles in German City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Officers state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been placed in the pattern of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then located multiple other smeared cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations show the liquid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to where it came from; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to solve the case" and have appealed to the residents for tips.
A senior political figure said the vandalism left him without words and needed to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
