Cars in Germany's City Found Smeared with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty vehicles have been smeared with what appears to be human blood in the Germany's municipality of Hanau in proximity to Frankfurt, as reported by law enforcement.
Cars, building surfaces and postboxes were defaced, in some cases with Nazi symbols, they reported in a release.
Police say they were contacted late on Wednesday, when a resident observed that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been covered with a reddish liquid.
The substance had been placed in the shape of a Nazi symbol, they stated.
Law enforcement then located numerous other vandalized cars and house walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation banning the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Police report preliminary tests show the substance was likely human blood.
"At present there remains no clue as to its source; officials are currently not aware of any injuries in association with the event," they added.
Municipal representatives announced they were trying "to unravel the incident" and have appealed to the public for information.
A high-ranking political figure stated the vandalism left him without words and needed to be addressed rapidly.
"This act hits the very heart of Hanau and reawakens the pain of the far-right violent incident five years ago," he posted on online, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman focusing on people of foreign heritage in five years prior.
