Automobiles in Germany's Town Discovered Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Report
Local Police
Approximately fifty cars have been covered with what seems to be human blood in the Germany's town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm law enforcement.
Automobiles, exterior walls and postboxes were vandalized, sometimes with swastikas, they stated in a statement.
Police state they were contacted late on Wednesday night, when a individual observed that a car in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been marked with a reddish fluid.
The substance had been drawn in the shape of a swastika, they reported.
Law enforcement then located many other smeared vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of symbols from the Nazi era.
Police state initial examinations show the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"Currently there is no lead as to its source; investigators are currently not cognizant of any harm in connection with the incident," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to solve the case" and have appealed to the community for information.
A senior official said the vandalism left him without words and required to be solved quickly.
"This incident strikes at the core of Hanau and revives the trauma of the extremist terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on a platform, referring to the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on individuals of foreign heritage in 2020.
