Vehicles in German City Found Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say early analysis indicate the fluid was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; investigators are presently not aware of any injuries in association with the incident," they added.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior representative commented the incident rendered him without words and needed to be solved rapidly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on individuals of migrant background in 2020.
