Vehicles in German Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Local Police
Around fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The substance had been placed in the form of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are presently not aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to unravel the case" and have requested to the public for information.
A senior representative stated the attack rendered him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
