Cars in German Town Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were contacted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then found many other vandalized automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the incident," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident left him without words and required to be resolved quickly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, referring to the murder of nine victims by a shooter focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
