Automobiles in Germany's Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately fifty vehicles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Cars, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Law enforcement say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been marked with a reddish-hued liquid.
The substance had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then discovered numerous other marked automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi symbols.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the substance was probably human bodily fluid.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are presently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they stated.
Local authorities stated they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have requested to the residents for information.
A senior official stated the vandalism made him speechless and needed to be solved quickly.
"This event hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the trauma of the far-right attack in 2020," he stated on a platform, recalling the murder of nine victims by a assailant aiming at people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
