Automobiles in German City Discovered Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Report
Local Law Enforcement
Around fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's city of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Cars, building surfaces and mailboxes were vandalized, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a statement.
Law enforcement state they were alerted in the late hours on Wednesday, when a individual noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued fluid.
The substance had been applied in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then found many other smeared vehicles and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are banned in Germany under legislation banning the visible presentation of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say preliminary tests indicate the substance was likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no indication as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the case" and have asked to the community for details.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism made him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act hits the center of Hanau and reopens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack in 2020," he posted on social media, mentioning the killing of nine people by a assailant targeting residents of immigrant origin in five years prior.