Automobiles in German City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Police then discovered numerous other smeared cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials say initial examinations show the liquid was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; officials are currently not aware of any injuries in relation with the occurrence," they added.
City officials stated they were trying "to unravel the case" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior political figure stated the vandalism made him stunned and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing violent incident in 2020," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on individuals of immigrant origin in February 2020.
