Vehicles in German City Found Smeared with Nazi Symbols in Human Blood, Law Enforcement Confirm
Area Law Enforcement
Approximately 50 cars have been marked with what seems to be blood from a person in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, according to authorities.
Automobiles, walls and postal boxes were marked, sometimes with Nazi symbols, they stated in a official communication.
Police report they were alerted during the night on Wednesday night, when a man noticed that a vehicle in the Lamboy district of Hanau had been covered with a reddish-hued fluid.
The liquid had been drawn in the form of a Nazi symbol, they added.
Law enforcement then located multiple other vandalized automobiles and building exteriors in the surrounding area.
Swastikas are illegal in Germany under legislation banning the public display of symbols from the Nazi era.
Law enforcement state early analysis indicate the liquid was probably blood from a person.
"At present there remains no lead as to where it came from; officials are not yet cognizant of any physical harm in connection with the incident," they stated.
Municipal representatives said they were attempting "to unravel the mystery" and have asked to the public for details.
An important political figure commented the vandalism rendered him speechless and had to be resolved rapidly.
"This incident affects the center of Hanau and reawakens the wounds of the right-wing attack half a decade ago," he stated on social media, recalling the death of nine individuals by a assailant focusing on residents of foreign heritage in five years prior.
