Cars in Germany's City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located numerous other smeared automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests suggest the fluid was probably human blood.
"There is still no clue as to its source; officials are not yet aware of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials announced they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the community for details.
An important official said the vandalism left him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
