Vehicles in Germany's City Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Police
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police say preliminary tests suggest the substance was most likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any injuries in connection with the event," they added.
City officials announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
An important representative stated the incident left him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the killing of nine people by a gunman targeting residents of migrant background in 2020.
