Vehicles in German City Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Blood, Police Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty vehicles have been covered with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a official communication.
Law enforcement report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Police then found multiple other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under laws outlawing the visible presentation of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement say preliminary tests suggest the liquid was likely blood from a person.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are presently not cognizant of any harm in association with the event," they added.
Local authorities announced they were working "to unravel the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
An important official stated the incident left him speechless and had to be solved rapidly.
"This event affects the core of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on online, recalling the killing of nine people by a shooter targeting people of migrant background in February 2020.
