Vehicles in Germany's Town Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Report
Local Police
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were notified late on Wednesday evening, when a individual noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say initial examinations show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in association with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities said they were working "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A high-ranking official stated the incident left him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he stated on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a shooter focusing on people of foreign heritage in 2020.
