Automobiles in German City Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 cars have been smeared with what seems to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Vehicles, walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement state they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a man observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish fluid.
The liquid had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then discovered numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests show the liquid was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no clue as to where it came from; investigators are not yet aware of any physical harm in association with the incident," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
A high-ranking representative commented the attack made him without words and had to be resolved promptly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the far-right attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.