Automobiles in German City Discovered Covered with Swastikas in Human Blood, Police Confirm
Area Police
Roughly fifty cars have been marked with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German municipality of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Vehicles, building surfaces and mailboxes were defaced, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they stated in a statement.
Law enforcement say they were notified late on Wednesday night, when a resident discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a red-colored substance.
The liquid had been drawn in the pattern of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Officers then found many other marked cars and residential walls in the adjacent neighborhood.
Nazi symbols are prohibited in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols.
Officials report preliminary tests indicate the liquid was most likely human blood.
"Currently there is no lead as to its origin; investigators are currently not aware of any harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Municipal representatives announced they were working "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior representative commented the attack made him stunned and needed to be solved promptly.
"This incident strikes at the center of Hanau and revives the wounds of the far-right terrorist attack half a decade ago," he wrote on a platform, mentioning the murder of nine victims by a gunman aiming at people of immigrant origin in five years prior.
