Automobiles in Germany's Town Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Police
Approximately 50 cars have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's town of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers report they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued fluid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they stated.
Police then found multiple other marked vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state preliminary tests show the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; officials are not yet informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
City officials stated they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A high-ranking official stated the vandalism rendered him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This event affects the center of Hanau and reopens the pain of the right-wing attack five years ago," he posted on online, referring to the death of nine people by a shooter aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
