Vehicles in German City Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a statement.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Police then discovered multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state initial examinations indicate the substance was probably human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any harm in association with the incident," they commented.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the public for information.
An important official commented the attack made him speechless and needed to be resolved quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, recalling the killing of nine victims by a shooter targeting residents of migrant background in five years prior.
