Vehicles in Germany's City Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Roughly 50 automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a release.
Police state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other vandalized cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations suggest the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are not yet cognizant of any harm in association with the occurrence," they commented.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to solve the incident" and have requested to the public for tips.
A senior political figure said the attack made him speechless and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist violent incident five years ago," he wrote on a platform, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter focusing on people of foreign heritage in five years prior.