Vehicles in German Town Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Automobiles, building surfaces and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they announced in a official communication.
Police say they were alerted late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement state initial examinations suggest the liquid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no indication as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any injuries in connection with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were trying "to solve the incident" and have appealed to the community for tips.
A senior official commented the incident left him speechless and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack in 2020," he posted on social media, referring to the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of immigrant origin in 2020.
