Cars in German City Discovered Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Police report they were notified in the late hours on Wednesday, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then located numerous other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
These symbols are illegal in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say initial examinations indicate the fluid was most likely human blood.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in relation with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were attempting "to unravel the incident" and have requested to the community for details.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism rendered him without words and needed to be resolved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and reopens the trauma of the extremist attack in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine victims by a gunman targeting people of migrant background in five years prior.
