Vehicles in Germany's Town Found Marked with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been smeared with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Officers say they were notified during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been applied in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other marked vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under regulations banning the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests suggest the liquid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; authorities are presently not aware of any injuries in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the public for tips.
A high-ranking official stated the attack rendered him without words and needed to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the core of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right violent incident in 2020," he wrote on online, mentioning the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
