Cars in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Police
Approximately fifty automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by police.
Cars, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a statement.
Officers state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a individual discovered that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then found many other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state preliminary tests show the fluid was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no indication as to its source; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they stated.
Local authorities said they were working "to solve the incident" and have requested to the community for tips.
A senior official commented the incident rendered him stunned and had to be addressed quickly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine individuals by a shooter targeting individuals of migrant background in 2020.
