Vehicles in Germany's City Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Police
Around 50 automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests show the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; authorities are currently not informed of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking official stated the incident left him stunned and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the death of nine individuals by a shooter targeting people of foreign heritage in 2020.
