Cars in Germany's Town Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they announced in a official communication.
Officers say they were alerted during the night on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been marked with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Police then found many other vandalized cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
These symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests show the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in relation with the incident," they added.
City officials announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the residents for information.
A high-ranking representative commented the vandalism rendered him speechless and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This event affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack half a decade ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a shooter targeting individuals of immigrant origin in five years prior.
