Cars in German Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered many other marked vehicles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests show the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
An important political figure stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event hits the center of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he posted on a platform, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
