Cars in Germany's City Found Covered with Swastikas in Blood, Police Report
Area Police
Approximately fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German town of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Vehicles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were notified during the night on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located numerous other marked cars and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests show the substance was likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; authorities are not yet informed of any harm in association with the incident," they commented.
Municipal representatives stated they were working "to resolve the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
A senior representative commented the incident rendered him stunned and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he wrote on a platform, recalling the death of nine individuals by a gunman aiming at residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
