Cars in German City Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Police say they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they stated.
Police then found multiple other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests show the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not aware of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials stated they were attempting "to solve the mystery" and have requested to the public for information.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This event strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist attack half a decade ago," he stated on a platform, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a shooter focusing on residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
