Cars in German City Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they stated.
Officers then located many other smeared automobiles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under laws banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations show the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to its origin; authorities are currently not aware of any harm in association with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for tips.
A senior representative commented the incident rendered him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This event hits the core of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the extremist attack five years ago," he stated on social media, mentioning the death of nine people by a shooter focusing on residents of migrant background in five years prior.
