Automobiles in German City Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Report
Local Police
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state preliminary tests suggest the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not aware of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack left him speechless and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the death of nine victims by a shooter aiming at people of foreign heritage in February 2020.
