Cars in German City Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Vehicles, exterior walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued substance.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests indicate the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; officials are presently not informed of any injuries in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for information.
A senior official stated the vandalism left him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
