Cars in German Town Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been covered with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers report they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations indicate the substance was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the residents for information.
An important political figure stated the incident left him without words and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in February 2020.
