Automobiles in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then located multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report initial examinations indicate the fluid was most likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism made him speechless and required to be solved quickly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack in 2020," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant aiming at residents of immigrant origin in February 2020.
