Automobiles in German Town Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Local Police
Around fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be blood from a person in the Germany's municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, as reported by authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postboxes were marked, in some cases with swastikas, they reported in a statement.
Police state they were alerted late on Wednesday evening, when a man discovered that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a red-colored substance.
The fluid had been drawn in the shape of a banned symbol, they reported.
Officers then discovered multiple other smeared cars and residential walls in the nearby vicinity.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Officials say early analysis suggest the liquid was most likely blood from a person.
"There is still no indication as to its origin; investigators are presently not aware of any harm in association with the occurrence," they stated.
City officials said they were working "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the community for details.
An important official commented the attack made him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This act affects the very heart of Hanau and reopens the pain of the far-right violent incident half a decade ago," he wrote on online, referring to the death of nine people by a gunman targeting individuals of immigrant origin in 2020.
