Cars in Germany's City Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a man observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the fluid was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any injuries in association with the event," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for information.
A high-ranking representative said the vandalism rendered him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on a platform, referring to the killing of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of foreign heritage in 2020.
