Vehicles in Germany's City Found Marked with Swastikas in Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Roughly fifty vehicles have been marked with what seems to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a release.
Officers report they were contacted during the night on Wednesday, when a man noticed that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish liquid.
The fluid had been applied in the form of a swastika, they reported.
Officers then located multiple other smeared cars and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under regulations banning the public display of Nazi-era symbols.
Police say early analysis show the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are presently not cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the occurrence," they added.
City officials said they were attempting "to resolve the case" and have requested to the residents for tips.
An important political figure stated the attack made him without words and required to be addressed quickly.
"This incident hits the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the right-wing violent incident half a decade ago," he posted on online, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a shooter aiming at individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
