Cars in Germany's City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Local Police
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be blood from a person in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and postboxes were marked, occasionally with Nazi symbols, they stated in a statement.
Police say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a car in the Lamboy neighborhood of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued substance.
The fluid had been applied in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Police then located numerous other vandalized automobiles and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are banned in Germany under regulations prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials report initial examinations suggest the fluid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no clue as to its source; investigators are not yet cognizant of any injuries in relation with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives stated they were trying "to solve the incident" and have asked to the residents for details.
A senior representative stated the attack made him stunned and had to be solved quickly.
"This act strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the far-right attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, mentioning the death of nine victims by a assailant targeting people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
