Automobiles in Germany's Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Police
Around 50 vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, sometimes with prohibited symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The substance had been placed in the form of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other marked cars and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement say early analysis suggest the liquid was probably human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its source; investigators are not yet aware of any harm in relation with the event," they stated.
City officials announced they were trying "to resolve the mystery" and have requested to the community for details.
A high-ranking official stated the incident made him without words and had to be solved promptly.
"This incident hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on online, referring to the murder of nine individuals by a shooter targeting people of migrant background in 2020.
