Cars in German Town Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement State
Local Police
Roughly 50 cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a man observed that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish substance.
The liquid had been applied in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then located multiple other smeared automobiles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations show the fluid was probably human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; authorities are presently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the community for tips.
A senior official stated the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing violent incident five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the murder of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of migrant background in 2020.
