Cars in German City Found Marked with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Vehicles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then found many other smeared automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials state preliminary tests indicate the substance was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; authorities are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for details.
A senior representative stated the vandalism rendered him speechless and required to be addressed quickly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the killing of nine people by a gunman focusing on people of migrant background in 2020.
