Vehicles in German City Discovered Covered with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Law Enforcement
Around 50 vehicles have been marked with what appears to be human blood in the German city of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to law enforcement.
Cars, exterior walls and postal boxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Officers report they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a resident discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a red-colored fluid.
The liquid had been applied in the form of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then found numerous other vandalized vehicles and residential walls in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police state initial examinations show the substance was probably blood from a person.
"There is still no lead as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to resolve the case" and have appealed to the residents for details.
An important official commented the vandalism made him without words and had to be addressed promptly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on social media, referring to the murder of nine people by a shooter targeting individuals of migrant background in February 2020.
