Automobiles in German Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Local Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been smeared with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Officers state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they added.
Officers then located multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; authorities are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A senior representative stated the attack made him stunned and required to be solved promptly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the death of nine people by a shooter aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
