Automobiles in Germany's City Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Officers then located multiple other marked automobiles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say preliminary tests show the liquid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no clue as to where it came from; investigators are presently not aware of any physical harm in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
An important official said the vandalism rendered him speechless and required to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the right-wing attack five years ago," he stated on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a gunman focusing on people of immigrant origin in 2020.
