Vehicles in German Town Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Officers then located many other marked cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; authorities are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the community for tips.
A high-ranking political figure stated the incident rendered him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
