Automobiles in German City Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Police state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they added.
Local authorities said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
A senior political figure stated the attack left him stunned and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
