Cars in Germany's City Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Report
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau near Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a man discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Officers then located many other smeared cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations outlawing the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Police state preliminary tests indicate the liquid was likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to where it came from; investigators are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in association with the event," they commented.
City officials said they were trying "to solve the case" and have asked to the community for information.
A high-ranking political figure commented the attack rendered him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This incident affects the core of Hanau and revives the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the death of nine people by a assailant aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
