Cars in Germany's Town Discovered Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found numerous other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report early analysis show the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no clue as to its origin; authorities are currently not aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking representative commented the incident left him speechless and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, recalling the death of nine victims by a gunman targeting individuals of migrant background in 2020.
