Vehicles in German City Found Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement State
Area Police
Around fifty cars have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the German municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, police confirm police.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were vandalized, in some cases with swastikas, they announced in a release.
Officers state they were contacted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man discovered that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish-hued liquid.
The liquid had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Police then found many other marked automobiles and house walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Law enforcement report preliminary tests indicate the substance was probably blood from a person.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are currently not informed of any injuries in connection with the incident," they added.
City officials said they were trying "to unravel the case" and have asked to the public for details.
A senior political figure stated the incident left him without words and required to be addressed rapidly.
"This act hits the core of Hanau and reopens the pain of the extremist violent incident in 2020," he stated on a platform, referring to the death of nine individuals by a assailant aiming at people of immigrant origin in 2020.
