Vehicles in German City Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Police
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Police report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then found numerous other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under laws banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report early analysis suggest the substance was most likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no lead as to its source; authorities are presently not aware of any harm in relation with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have requested to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure commented the vandalism left him stunned and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident affects the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on a platform, referring to the death of nine individuals by a shooter targeting people of immigrant origin in 2020.
