Automobiles in German Town Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Officers state they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then discovered multiple other vandalized cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials say initial examinations indicate the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not aware of any harm in association with the incident," they commented.
City officials stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the residents for information.
A high-ranking political figure said the vandalism rendered him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
