Vehicles in German City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were vandalized, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Law enforcement state they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored fluid.
The fluid had been placed in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found numerous other marked cars and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under laws prohibiting the visible presentation of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations indicate the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no indication as to its source; officials are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior representative commented the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be addressed quickly.
"This incident strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the right-wing terrorist attack five years ago," he posted on online, recalling the death of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at residents of foreign heritage in 2020.
