Vehicles in Germany's Town Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were defaced, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The fluid had been placed in the form of a swastika, they added.
Police then found multiple other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials say initial examinations indicate the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
City officials stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for details.
A senior political figure commented the incident rendered him without words and required to be solved rapidly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, recalling the murder of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at people of migrant background in February 2020.
