Vehicles in Germany's Town Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau near Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Law enforcement report they were notified during the night on Wednesday evening, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored liquid.
The liquid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they stated.
Officers then located many other smeared vehicles and house walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say initial examinations indicate the substance was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; authorities are currently not aware of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Local authorities announced they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have requested to the residents for tips.
A high-ranking political figure said the incident made him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This act affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right attack in 2020," he posted on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman targeting individuals of foreign heritage in five years prior.
