Cars in German City Found Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Report
Area Police
Roughly 50 automobiles have been smeared with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's town of Hanau near Frankfurt, according to police.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were vandalized, occasionally with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a resident noticed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a swastika, they added.
Police then found multiple other marked automobiles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation outlawing the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials report preliminary tests show the substance was most likely blood from a person.
"Currently there is no clue as to its origin; investigators are currently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Local authorities said they were trying "to resolve the case" and have requested to the community for tips.
A high-ranking official commented the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be addressed rapidly.
"This act strikes at the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the extremist terrorist attack half a decade ago," he posted on social media, referring to the murder of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of migrant background in 2020.
