Cars in German City Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a release.
Officers say they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they added.
Police then discovered many other marked automobiles and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Nazi symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests show the substance was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; investigators are not yet informed of any physical harm in relation with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
A high-ranking official commented the incident left him speechless and had to be solved promptly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a assailant focusing on residents of migrant background in 2020.
